I am glad there are so many domestic brands available on the market. Hopefully more than just electric buses will be exported to foreign countries soon.
I initially thought you were joking by posting this picture when I saw how small that plane was before scrolling down and finding the larger enhanced images. lol
We also need to keep in mind that conventional wars fought in the near future will most likely allow for neither sufficient time nor enough opportunities to build new aircraft carriers properly, especially since naval battles could be fought near the waters surrounding China where our docks...
I quite like the current idea of naming them after coastal provinces, though Hebei will definitely sound the worst for me. The news article posted some pages back listed Taiwan as the most voted name online for this aircraft carrier, but that is slightly too bold of a choice for now. Haha.
I really hope this new aircraft carrier will be named after the Jiangsu province, as the PLAN was first established in that region almost exactly 68 years ago.
Hopefully the current engines will be powerful enough to allow for take-off via ski-jump with a relatively full load. This will not be an issue once catapults become ready on new aircraft carriers of course.
Interesting to read how the number of convenience stores has been predicted to grow in South Korea, as I recently learned they are in fact disappearing these past few years with the increased presence of superstores.
I read that China's vast fleet of aging J-7 and J-8 interceptors might end up being converted into drones to serve as wingmen not unlike the prospective role for America's fourth generation birds. Hopefully that will be the case, as then we could put those high numbers into use.
There are rumours of how China is planning to change up the assault rifle from the bullpup QBZ-95 to a more conventional design soon. I do wonder if this balance issue was a contributing factor.
Considering how we spend close to 1% of the GDP advancing renewable energy annually, only spending approximately 1.3% of the GDP on the military each year is very little indeed.