China
confirms it's developing large transport aircraft
China is
developing Y-20 large transport aircraft to meet its military modernization
drive, a Ministry of Defense spokesman said Thursday.
"We are
developing large transport aircraft on our own to improve the capability of air
transport," spokesman Yang Yujun said at a monthly news briefing held days after
photos of a Y-20 appeared online.
The advanced
long-range carrier is being developed to serve the military modernization drive,
as well as to meet demands in disaster relief work and humanitarian aid in
emergency situations, he added.
The spokesman
did not say when the Y-20s will be fitted out in force, only saying "the
research and development of the large transport aircraft is going forward as
planned."
There will be a
series of steps before the carriers are fitted out, "as the technology is
complicated," he added
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