They do have a knockoff version of a converted 747 that drops twice that much water but the environmentalists will not let them use it.
Obvious enemies of the American people. Maybe now they will be defeated.
Meanwhile, there should be a million individual lawsuits by homeowners who lost everything, against any green-weenie groups that have blocked the use of this otherwise available firefighting tool.
The Russian one has overhead engines like the Warthog, to keep them from sucking up water. I'd think both versions would be handy as the 747 might be a little ungainly for cropdusting-style aerobatics, and flying in low over a small local lake.
That 747 tanker got approval just a few months ago!
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/747-supertanker-fights-fire-us-first-time/
I bet if Trump knew he could get that changed. He’s changing so many idiotic laws and EO’s that val jar had signed when she had his auto-pen it’s hard to imagine.