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New Delhi:China has this week activated its second runway at Hotan in occupied East Turkestan, now Xinjiang, which will allow it to boost the induction of troops and equipment into the restive region, it is learnt...
Sources in the defence and security establishment confirmed that the latest satellite imagery has shown the second airstrip is active in Hotan, the closest Chinese base to Eastern Ladakh...
This information was brought to public attention by satellite imagery expert Damien Symon, who goes by his popular handle _Detresfa on X...
They also pointed out that India has too ramped up its military facilities along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh, including construction of afull-fledged basein Nyoma, work on which is already in full swing...
The Hotan airbase plays a critical role in Chinese military operations amid tension between India and China...
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