Summary Satellite images show Chinese H-20 likely a stealth drone, not strategic bomber. The facility in the images is not Chengdu; object resembles stealth drones vs bombers. Chinese aircraft's visibility indicates intention to mimic US designs, not top secret.
While the US Air Force's new B-21 Raider strategic stealth bomber is now in low-rate production , the Chinese are known to be developing their own flying-wing strategic bomber called the Xi'an H-20. China has been teasing that it will be unveiled "soon," and speculation is mounting. However, it seems the public will need to wait sometime more as new satellite images doing the rounds online claiming to show that the H-20 is likely a stealth drone and not the H-20 bomber.
Not the right facility The War Zone has reviewed and dismissed the satellite images purporting to show the new Chinese H-20 bomber. At the same time, The War Zone acknowledges that China is likely in the late stages of developing the new strategic bomber. It is thought that China's new H-20 bomber could be more comparable to the older US B-2 Spirit stealth bomber than the new B-21 Raider.
Online rumors claim the satellite images (claimed to be of Chengdu) show China clandestinely rolling out the bomber in June. Chengdu is where China's Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (which builds the Chinese J-10 and J-20 jets) is based. However, the satellite image is not of Chengdu but of a fairly new radar cross-section measurement facility near a town called Gaobe.