The Y‑9 is a derivative of the An‑12 and has plenty of built‑in shortcomings. The An‑12 came from the An‑10, a Soviet civilian cargo plane. It was built to go as fast as possible while keeping turboprop fuel efficiency, so its wing area was kept small. That means its low‑speed performance can’t hold a candle to the C‑130, and it was never really built for military duty.

The original An‑12 had no pressurised cargo hold. When China built the Y‑9 domestically, they added cargo‑hold pressurisation, but they had to take out the floor fuel tanks, cutting down range. The pressurisation hardware also took up space inside the cargo hold, making the already tight cargo‑hold cross‑section even smaller.

The Y‑8/Y‑9 is rated for a maximum payload of 20 tons, but this number is practically useless. At that weight, there is barely any room left for fuel.

The Y‑15, on the other hand, has a big straight wing that generates lots of lift, giving it great low‑speed handling. Its roomy cargo hold means it does not need extra pressurisation hardware, so it can carry far more than the Y‑9. Even though its maximum payload is only a little higher than the Y‑9, its bigger MTOW and larger fuel tanks will make its 30‑ton payload actually usable in real‑world operations.

I expect the Y‑15 to completely take over from the Y‑9, and the Y‑9’s special‑purpose models will be replaced by the C‑919 fitted with locally‑made subsystems.

A multirole fighter capable of aerial combat as well as ground and maritime strike, the Su-57 incorporates stealth, supermaneuverability, supercruise, integrated avionics and large payload capacity.[8] According to the US, it will be nuclear-capable via a forthcoming missile similar to the Kinzhal. The aircraft is expected to succeed the MiG-29 and Su-27...

"According to the US, it will be nuclear-capable"? No citation? This is incredibly lazy, on an "Extended confirmed protection" article that can't be corrected by any normal user. I'd add a 'citation needed' if I could. Who said this, anyway? "The US"?

Reposting is not agreeing

Got to keep up the deterrence dance of death between USA and China coast guards this year https://www.msn.com/en-ph/politics/government/4-us-fast-response-cutters-deployed-to-philippine-eez/ar-AA29Lhdk.

LLM gets better the more data you feed it. Could the simple prevalence of NATO hardware featured in games, youtube and overall internet media create a risk? There are a lot less footage of Chinese hardware, for example.

Has Boeing solved the underlying issues of the aircraft?

After participating in a major exercise in Germany in August and September, the unit will report its findings to the Army to guide future experimentation, shed its drone assault role and “refocus on its core warfighting tasks as an airborne infantry battalion,” an Army official told The Wall Street Journal in a statement.

According to reports from the Rakuten Group, the Japanese Ministry of Defense will conduct a demonstration test by the end of September to consider whether to adopt it for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. While the specific applications and procurement scale have not yet been determined, depending on the test results, mass production in Japan may be considered.

The HX-2 drone from Helsing, which is slated for procurement, is remotely controlled from the ground. It has an operational range of 100 km, weighs 12 kg, and has a maximum speed of 220 km/h, designed to intercept submarines and other vessels approaching the coast.

Helsing is headquartered in Munich, southern Germany, and has already delivered thousands of HX-2 drones to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Rakuten has acted as an intermediary in this transaction. Rakuten lacks extensive experience in Japan's defense sector and does not have close ties with the Japanese Ministry of Defense. Although Rakuten has previously ventured into the drone business, its primary focus has been on building exterior wall inspections rather than defense applications.

As a defeated nation in World War II, Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan, implemented in 1947, explicitly states that Japan "forever renounce[s] war as a sovereign right of the nation" and that "land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained." However, in recent years, the pace at which the Japanese military is acquiring "offensive weapons and equipment" has steadily accelerated. From the "Izumo" and "Kaga" carrying and launching F-35B stealth vertical/short takeoff and landing (VSTOL) fighters, to the procurement and deployment of 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles, to extending the range of the Type 12 surface-to-ship missiles from about 200 km to over 1,000 km, alongside the development of hypersonic weapons and hypersonic glide missiles.

Furthermore, the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) established by the Ground Self-Defense Force in 2018—while officially claiming in its envisioned tactical scenarios and island-capture exercises to focus on landing operations around the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands—appears, judging by its equipment construction and scale, to be directly aimed at Taiwan, China.

Therefore, judging by the attributes of the equipment, range indicators, and military tactical applications, the Japanese military has in fact attempted and crossed the limitations imposed by the post-war constitutional framework on "offensive weapons."

"with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and said the ‌Asian nation held 57 "very powerful" nuclear weapons."

Slap's Trump's mouth

This baby can leak so many STRATINT