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🧐🇨🇳🇺🇸 China’s military is learning what made America a superpower. Not bigger tanks. Not more soldiers. Not even more fighter jets. The ability to move military power anywhere on Earth. China's rapidly expanding fleet of Y-20 strategic airlifters is giving Beijing the ability to transport troops, tanks, armored vehicles, missiles, and supplies across thousands of kilometers at short notice. Today, only the United States possesses a larger strategic airlift capability. But every new Y-20 brings China one step closer to narrowing that gap. A military is only as powerful as its ability to get to the battlefield. And China is building the capability to get there fast. The race for global military reach has already begun.
