The ability to transport oversized cargo is nice to have though specially if you need to quickly provision some of the reefs, for example. Is not just about tanks, I'd think.
China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
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The ability to transport oversized cargo is nice to have though specially if you need to quickly provision some of the reefs, for example. Is not just about tanks, I'd think.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
HSR is passenger biased. Though freight rail may be able to use HSR (not mag lev) tracks it would be at conventional rail speeds. The “military application of HSR” is light infantry which really is just “passengers connecting all corners of the mainland”
Another PLAAF unit gets the Y-20s. Posted by @太湖军I名 on Weibo.
Strange … according to the 21x0x it is a Y-20A assigned to the 39th AR, 13th TD, but it is strange: maybe the number is too blurry, but it looks like no. 21040 and aircraft no. 00 makes no sense!
PS: But to add another point: according to what we thought so far the production run of regular Y/YY-20As was sufficient for two regular transport units (12th & 37th ARs) and one tanker unit (38th AR) and then switched to the Y-20B ... but now another "A"-unit & where are the "B"s?
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You would need such a plane if you intend to be the "world police" like the US. Otherwise if you don't intend to have 800 overseas military bases, then you wouldn't need such a plane.
