China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft

Atomicfrog said:

Without over the globe policing like the US, the need of a larger airplane to carry MBT is more difficult to discern. A longer fuselage version of Y-20 would certainly be interesting for cargo that are less dense and take more volume.

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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.

Ironhide said:

Besides they didn't invest half a Trillion in HSR just for passengers connecting all corners of mainland

Y20 is enough just need to ramp up production

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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”