Tashi Wangchuk and Tenzin Dickyi
China has built a new heliport in Tibet near the Indian border, satellite photos show, a move that experts say would allow Beijing to rapidly deploy troops to remote areas during an armed clash with India.
According to satellite imagery and geospatial intelligence experts, China has quickly constructed a heliport that features a 600-meter runway and multiple hangars in Nyingchi, just 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the disputed border with India.
It is in Tibet’s Zayul county near the strategically sensitive “fishtail sector” of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
“This facility will likely enhance China’s ability to swiftly mobilize troops to forward positions and would improve its border patrols,” said geospatial intelligence expert Damien Symon who earlier this week highlighted the existence of the heliport on X.
The heliport is the latest addition to China’s extensive network of military installations in the southern part of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, underscoring Beijing’s concerns over security along the border area. It follows Beijing’s practice of building model villages near contested areas, which then double as surveillance outposts.
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