{"id":143364,"date":"2026-01-01T04:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143364"},"modified":"2026-01-01T04:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:00:10","slug":"is-chinas-truck-mounted-catapult-system-enabling-merchant-aircraft-carriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143364","title":{"rendered":"Is China\u2019s truck-mounted catapult system enabling merchant aircraft carriers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostPictures have emerged in China that appear to show a truck-mounted electromagnetic catapult system for large drones on a cargo ship apparently converted for military use, triggering speculation on social media platforms.<br \/>\nSome images circulating online since the weekend show three linked eight-wheeled low-loader trucks in a line with a large combat drone mounted on a shuttle-like fixture at the rear.<br \/>\nThe configuration appears to form a ground-based launch track with visible details suggesting an&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3338331\/chinas-truck-mounted-catapult-system-enabling-merchant-aircraft-carriers?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostPictures have emerged in China that appear to show a truck-mounted electromagnetic catapult system for large drones on a cargo ship apparently converted for&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143364"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}