The United States is able to independently design and build strategic transport aircraft, but in the whole world, there are only one and a half countries with this technology and strength? The United States counts one and China counts half.
The productivity of strategic transport aircraft represents the country's strength in the transportation of strategic weapons, and can also represent the country's backup strength in specific arms supply.
Russia's strategic transport aircraft are also among the top in the world, and their technology and strength are very advanced, so why don't Russia be counted? In fact, the term of this statistics refers to the ability to independently develop and design more advanced strategic transport aircraft technology. Russian transport aircraft are all products of the Soviet period, and they are also the technology left over from that time, not developed by Russia itself.
As a country with independent R&D and design capabilities, the United States has created the C5 strategic transport aircraft, which is known as the leading strategic transport aircraft in the same type, with a considerable volume and carrying capacity, with a fuselage length of 75.3 meters, a maximum take-off of 380 tons, a load capacity of 120 tons, and two main battle tanks at the same time, as well as 5 Apache helicopter gunships, or 6 armored infantry vehicles and other weapons, with a cruising capacity of more than 11,000 kilometers, almost comparable to the ghost bomber.
It has a strong strength of long-range delivery combat power, and also has a strong carrying strength. This long-range transportation capability can deliver all materials and equipment to any location, and can provide logistical support for operations and reinforcements around the world, not to mention that the United States can provide a certain degree of supply at hundreds of military bases around the world.
In terms of the design and development of strategic transport aircraft, the United States is currently the only country in the world that can achieve technological independence, because all the technologies of strategic transport aircraft are controlled and developed by the United States itself, and it can also produce and build itself. Therefore, the United States is currently the only country in the world that can complete the complete design and construction of a strategic transport aircraft.
Since China is half, in the field of strategic transport aircraft, there is still a technological gap, because of the late start, the mainland's Yun-20 transport aircraft, the overall load still has a certain gap, and for the super-heavy strategic transport aircraft, the mainland is still lacking, for the carrying capacity of more than 100 tons of large strategic transport aircraft, but also need to overcome the bottleneck of research and development, to achieve localization.
At present, the load capacity of the Y-20 is about 66 tons, which can transport one main battle tank at a time, and this transportation capacity still needs to be improved, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the demand for strategic backup supply.
Continental is developing the Y-40 super-heavy transport aircraft, and once the research and development is successful, it will realize the construction of a large strategic transport aircraft with a total capacity of 400 tons, with a load capacity of more than 180 tons, and achieve the strength of the Galaxy C5 transport aircraft.
Before the completion of the build, the mainland is still modest in the field of strategic transport aircraft, counting half of the quota, once the Y-40 is successfully finalized and mass production, it will become another country after the United States to independently complete the design and construction of ultra-large transport aircraft.
Russia's large strategic transport aircraft are all inherited from the Soviet Union's military-industrial heritage, and Russia does not have independent design and construction models, so it is not included in the list of countries that build strategic transport aircraft.
The reason why the West so arrogantly ranks one and a half on the list is because the design and construction of strategic transport aircraft have a very high threshold. It is also a very difficult project to develop and develop, and now China has overcome the bottleneck problem, realizing domestic design and development and the construction of production lines, which are very fast in terms of research and development speed, and have even been able to quickly catch up with the technical level of the United States and Russia.
Judging from the current delivery capacity of the mainland's strategic transport aircraft, there is still a gap with the United States and Russia in comparison, which is reflected in the single aircraft carrying capacity, Russia's An-124 transport aircraft, which was previously invited to help the mainland transport Chang'e lunar exploration large components, has reached 150 tons in terms of carrying capacity, and even 30 tons more than the American Milky Way, which shows that the overall carrying capacity of the United States and Russia's super-large strategic transport aircraft is very powerful.
The mainland's current Y-20 load capacity is far from sufficient, and it is necessary to increase the mass production of super-large transport planes in order to truly provide the PLA with abundant logistical weapons support and replenishment of troops.
However, from the current point of view, China can quickly achieve such a strong research and development momentum, has created a miracle, and in the future, after the design and mass production of the Y-40 ultra-large transport aircraft, it is bound to become a more dazzling existence.
After being deployed in place, the Yun-40 will be on par with the air delivery strength of the United States and Russia, and in a situation of equal strength, it is bound to greatly enhance the combat strength, as well as the confidence of the army's logistical support, and will have a more calm dispatch and adjustment ability in surprise attacks and reinforcements.
And many netizens speculate that because of its late-mover advantage, it is likely that the mainland's Y-40 will become a new strategic transport aircraft that has attracted much attention and has more advantages and surpasses in terms of technology.