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Practically every single paragraph in that article, including image captions, either infer or directly address the economic reasons for why China would want the
by finid 10y ago
Practically every single paragraph in that article, including image captions, either infer or directly address the economic reasons for why China would want the An-225 and its technologies.
- Symmetry 10y agoYes, nobody's disputing the idea that there are times when you need a single large cargo hold. The question is whether the plane would be economically competitive in terms of regular cargo. In other words is China going to build 3 of these and have them spend most of their lives sitting in hangers or are we going to be seeing hundreds of these flying all over China? That's something the article doesn't try to address.
- finid 10y agoImagine how much it's going to save the Chinese to fly in all those raw materials from Africa and South America on an An-225, instead of shipping them.