China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
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by78
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C-130H have a cruise speed of 540km/h... but super Hercule C-130J is longer and faster. COmparing to A-400m is comparing apples to oranges.
Broccoli
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Y-30 is probably the next big transport project for PLAN.
this is quite likely. In fact, I don't see need for a new project.
Is it because A400M size transport is a weird in-between size that doesn't really make sense for China?
i.e. What situation demands only 70% of a Y-20, but much more than a Y-8/9?
The cost of development, the tools, spares, logistic and training needed to have something having 70% capacity and doing the same job of Y-20 sound a lot like a waste of ressources, time and money.