[sukhoi-30mki]

The Y-20 airlifter appeared on social media in PLAAF markings.

[JRios1968]

Grobemaster?

[AFreeBird]

Those are not high by-pass turbo fans. Looks like they belong on a 707.

[Steely Tom]

Low-bypass engines. Very old technology. Two generations behind. This limits range of the aircraft. Of course, that doesn’t matter with in-flight refueling, which this airplane may be able to do.

That doesn’t mean they don’t have something more modern waiting in the wings, so to speak. Engine-wise, I mean.

But what they’re showing is not very impressive.

Still, remember the famous adage about military thinking: “amateurs think strategy, professionals think logistics.”

[headstamp 2]

I hear its manufactured by Gerry Anderson.

[Steely Tom]

Landing carriage much smaller than C-5 or An-124. Very low cargo capacity, can't use unimproved runways.

[lurk]

Reminds me of the old Johnny Cash song about the guy who worked at the auto plant and assembled a car with stolen parts over a number of years.

C-130 nose.
C-141 tail.
C-137 engines.
C-what-in-the-world main wing assembly.