China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft - esp. Y-20/YY-20
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Here's an article about the possibility of the An-225 can improve the logistic of the PLA greatly.
A recent deal betweento restart production of the largest-ever cargo plane could potentially remedy the logistical woes of China's People's Liberation Army.
China's military, stillfor moving troops and heavy freight, could gain a lot from having the gigantic aircraft.
The plane, the , holds 240 world records for its size and strength. It has six massive engines creating over 300,000 pounds of thrust, and the plane can.
Such capability would be game-changing for the People's Republic of China.
“It would provide China with the large and global lift that not even the US has possessed, except by rental,” wrote, an avid China watcher on. “It’s large enough to carry helicopters, tanks, artillery, even other aircraft.”
For the most part, as Singer mentioned, China will rent the massive planes, but the agreement does allow for China to domestically build An-225s.
Additionally, theuncovered the fact that China has been developing large,on it's reclaimed islands in the South China Sea. Having massively improved freight dynamics in the region could greatly benefit China.
AP
But the herculean plane lends itself to civil applications too. China could easily use it to move construction supplies, to offload its, or to bring supplies to its several building projects as part of the "" initiative.
As Marcus Weisgerber atpoints out, the adoption of old, soviet-era technology from Ukraine is an instance of history repeating itself, as China's sole aircraft carrier,, is also a refurbished Ukrainian hull.
I don't think the largest aircraft in the world, or even one ten times as large, can transport a significant part of the World's steel glut.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
This beast would be awesome
200 tons would lift 3 X MBT in a single go
The C5 Galaxy can lift 2 X MBT
C17 can do the single unit
200 tons would lift 3 X MBT in a single go
The C5 Galaxy can lift 2 X MBT
C17 can do the single unit
It would be nice to have four of these and be able to quickly bring in 12 MBTs at a go.
but you better have total air dominance in the air, and cleared out he approach of ANY AAW on the ground because these would be big fat juicy targets.
antiterror13
Brigadier
I believe China mainly would use inside China territory, so air dominance shouldn't be an issue .... the point is China's force would be mobile enough so the number of regular troops could be further reduced, also the number of hardware (mainly MBT) could be reduced as well ...... good choice
plawolf
Lieutenant General
For domestic deployments, China's high speed rail is a far bigger asset to transport troops and supplies rapidly across vast distances.
antiterror13
Brigadier
But via air is much faster for first response