China continues to boost military infra in Tibet near LAC

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China continues to boost military infra in Tibet near LAC​

Srinjoy Chowdhury
Updated Sep 28, 2021 | 12:24 IST
China is building a new airfield in Tibet which is 20 kms from the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

China continues its military build-up in Tibet. There are reports of the Chinese Air Force building a new airfield in Burang, in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. In fact, construction has already begun not far from the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

More worrying is the location of the airfield. It is just north of the Lipulekh area, where the tri-junction between India, Nepal and the Tibetan part of China is. It is about 20 km from the International Border, the Line of Actual Control.

The question is why China wants an airfield when it already has so many in Tibet, like Lhasa-Gongka, Hotan, Shigatse, Pangta and Ngari. These have rapidly been made all-weather, meaning that they are serviceable in the bitter winter. Post-Ladakh crisis, they are being upgraded. They are getting more runways or sheds or hangers and even better air-defence systems.

Just how big the airfield will be, how many planes it will host or what the primary task of the airfield will be is not clear. It is still being constructed.

[EXCLUSIVE] China continues to boost military infra in Tibet near LAC

China is building a new airfield in Tibet which is 20 kms from the Line of Actual COntrol (LAC).

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China had several high speed railways reached the proximity of LAC, they greatly improved the logistic supplies and make building airports very fast and easy in those once remote, isolated regions in Xinjiang and Tibetan borders.