Called it.
Knew this would happen. That yellow point had both camps too close. It's pointless for them to continue like that the coming winter ( 2 months for winter to kick in).
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Knew this would happen. That yellow point had both camps too close. It's pointless for them to continue like that the coming winter ( 2 months for winter to kick in).
Hendrik_2000
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New Tashkurgan airport should be finished by mid 2022. A dual use airport with protected underground facilities with 3800 m runway at 3000 m elevation able to accommodate 1,60,000 passengers and 400 tons of cargo every year. It will end the isolation of Tajik autonomous region of Tashkurgan. Interesting place here is travel account of Tashkurgan
New DelhiAugust 2, 2021UPDATED: August 2, 2021 23:01 IST
Under construction Chinese airport in Tashkurgan | Satellite image © Planet Labs Inc, Analysis India Today
Recent satellite images suggest that the Chinese are developing protected underground facilities at the airport in Tashkurgan. Still under construction, the high-altitude airport is often touted as the future base for Chinese ambitions in Central Asia.
The proposed airport in Tashkurgan is in close proximity to the borders of Tajikistan, Afghanistan and . It was in 2015 that China's civil aviation authorities first revealed their plans to construct an airport at the high altitudes of the Pamir plateau.
However, construction at this site began only in April 2020. This was almost a week before the first scuffle between Indian and Chinese armed forces in Ladakh's Pangong Tso was reported in May 2020.
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Analysis of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery, provided by space firm Planet Labs, confirms the likely dual-use nature of the upcoming airport.
Satellite image © Planet Labs Inc, Analysis India Today
Chinese media reports claim that the initial airport design had one terminal building, four aircraft stands, one tower, 800 square metre air traffic control building and supporting facilities such as air traffic control, fuel supply, power supply, firefighting and rescue.
Once complete, reports claim the airport will be able to accommodate 1,60,000 passengers and 400 tons of cargo every year.
However, considering the low number of Chinese tourists visiting these areas every year, the airport holds more value in terms of strategic relevance rather than as a tourist attraction. The likely date of completion of the project, according to the Chinese media reports, is sometime in the middle of 2022.
Satellite images show underground facilities at China's upcoming high-altitude airport
The upcoming high-altitude Chinese airport in Tashkurgan is often touted as the future base for Chinese ambitions in Central Asia.
New DelhiAugust 2, 2021UPDATED: August 2, 2021 23:01 IST
Under construction Chinese airport in Tashkurgan | Satellite image © Planet Labs Inc, Analysis India Today
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- Construction at the airport site began only in April 2020
- Tashkurgan is in close proximity to Tajikistan, Afghanistan and PoK
- The air base in Tashkurgan overlooks the strategic Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan
Recent satellite images suggest that the Chinese are developing protected underground facilities at the airport in Tashkurgan. Still under construction, the high-altitude airport is often touted as the future base for Chinese ambitions in Central Asia.
The proposed airport in Tashkurgan is in close proximity to the borders of Tajikistan, Afghanistan and . It was in 2015 that China's civil aviation authorities first revealed their plans to construct an airport at the high altitudes of the Pamir plateau.
However, construction at this site began only in April 2020. This was almost a week before the first scuffle between Indian and Chinese armed forces in Ladakh's Pangong Tso was reported in May 2020.
READ:
Analysis of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery, provided by space firm Planet Labs, confirms the likely dual-use nature of the upcoming airport.
Satellite image © Planet Labs Inc, Analysis India Today
Chinese media reports claim that the initial airport design had one terminal building, four aircraft stands, one tower, 800 square metre air traffic control building and supporting facilities such as air traffic control, fuel supply, power supply, firefighting and rescue.
Once complete, reports claim the airport will be able to accommodate 1,60,000 passengers and 400 tons of cargo every year.
However, considering the low number of Chinese tourists visiting these areas every year, the airport holds more value in terms of strategic relevance rather than as a tourist attraction. The likely date of completion of the project, according to the Chinese media reports, is sometime in the middle of 2022.
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Hendrik_2000
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I appreciate the sentiment, but they haven't lost any territory. The territory was never theirs to lose.
I call it cunning.
They lost their patrol points but that land was never theirs. Creation of buffer similar to what was accepted by India with Pangong disengagement seems to indicate the entire Ladakh stand off areas i.e. remaining disputes, will be resolved into a buffer situation. Once that happens India cannot patrol within the 20% remaining dispute and therefore would have no access to Aksai Chin. They can claim it all they like so Modi doesn't get his head on a platter by the hardcore Hindu nationalists but they can't take Aksai Chin if they can't even set foot on a stretch of buffer land between India proper and Aksai Chin.
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