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The volumes won’t be enough if they focusing on selling to smaller airlines. They might as well start their own airline and build up the infrastructure for COMAC planes around the world that way. Once the infrastructure is in place, smaller and national airlines around the world will be able to...

China can’t afford to heavily discount the planes especially if fuel economy won’t be as competing with Airbus or Boeing planes. Potential buyers look at the life cycle costs and fuel is a big part. The plane will have to be produced and used in large numbers to bring other costs and the sale...

India’s only advantage is cheaper labor costs, while China is having a demographic “problem”. I remember reading China wants to solve both problems through an increased use of industrial robots. How far has this come along to reducing manufacturing costs, and keeping Chinese industrial...

For this airliner to be in wide use, the Chinese market maybe enough, but to make it profitable and accepted into the fleets of other airlines will be either a deep discount for being an initial customer or the plane proving itself in a major hub and spoke model near many prospective customers...

Blinken looks like he watching that one uncle at thanksgiving dinner.

It’s true, China would have to trust the Saudis to be giving them such advanced weapons. There is definitely a political component.

Perhaps this is building upon Iran-Saudi Reproachment, especially after the US didn’t give the security guarantee to the Saudis. There could be a new understanding in the region which the Chinese are brokering. Maximal Diplomacy over helping one side of the other. Also a good way to protect the...

Also bombing when IDF infantry are mixed /searching into the buildings will be hard to do without fratricide.

It’s like showing off the presents and thanking the guests at a wedding.

I’d assume range and payload aren’t as much an issue if it is being used in the air superiority role. Indeed, if the PAF can procure enough, it could compensate for any perceived limitations in employment across the full spectrum of roles expected; long range naval strike or general strike role.

In the second video it says China is ready to provide a “complete package of support”. I’d assume they will hire Chinese contractors until they have enough local labor to do the work domestically. 12 ships would really mean a scaling up of the manpower of the Saudi Navy. How long does it take...

“Hella” is standard slang in the SF Bay Area

Perhaps it’s officers will be Saudi and initial crew could be mixed Saudi and Chinese?

Any veracity to the claim Saudis are buying 12 Type 052DL destroyers for $12 Billion (plus 6 for Algeria)? If true, they will be able to defend their own SLOCs (from the Iranians, and Houthis, but also any pirates, or if war breaks out on the SLOCs to Europe or Asia independent of other powers)...

The people of Gaza hold the Arab world responsible for not intervening actively. Even the aid claimed to be sent to Gaza isn’t making it in. Another video showed Gazans receiving expired food.

Israeli tactics so far, and the counter tactics being used by the Gazans.

The type 095 and 096 are said to be purely single hull designs.

Wait till they start reporting that they “found” this bunker and tunnels under Shifa. A bunker and tunnels they build 40 years ago when they use to control Gaza. https://x.com/eyeonpalestines/status/1724616154646196681?s=46

It seems like she is trying to take down Sinai with her.

The Type 093B is double hull while the Virginia is single hull. 8000 tons in the type 093B is much less useable space then on a similar weight Virginia. Btw, what’s your thoughts on the SSN/SSBN fleet size? It looks like China is going for matching the USN and its allies, in terms of quality...