An interesting story has surfaced over here (no pun intended).
From the ABC - which will be geoblocked for you lot up in Pomgolia and in the Excited States.
One of China's largest defence and aerospace companies promised to upgrade almost three dozen airstrips in Solomon Islands as part of an ambitious plan to transform the Pacific Islands country into an "aeronautical hub" for the region.
In return, the Solomon Islands government said it would purchase six aircraft from AVIC Commercial Aircraft, a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned defence behemoth which has built small and medium-sized aeroplanes to be sold to developing countries.
The proposed exchange was laid out two-and-a-half years ago in a memorandum of understanding (MOU), which has been obtained by the ABC.
So, I wonder what the runway length and PCN number of those upgraded airstrips would have been...?!!!
The actual document itself is on the ABC website - thank you Australian Intelligence Agencies.
The speculation is COVID scuttled this from going ahead.
Sneaky Chinese.
Anyone would think there's an election going on in Australia at the moment...