Defence
Chabua Airbase
India has been extensively upgrading two of its key airbases near the boundary with China, as shown by the latest satellite imagery.
The latest satellite imagery shows that the runway at the airbase has seen major improvements over the last few months, and new hardened shelters, used for the protection of aircraft during attacks, have also been constructed.
The upgrading of infrastructure at airbases is not happening in isolation.
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has been building roads and bridges along the boundary with China at a breakneck pace, despite China deploying thousands of soldiers on the Line of Actual Control since April 2020.
This 298-kilometre road creates a third route to Ladakh, which is shorter than the existing two routes available to the military until now.