Exclusive: India's Latest China Headache: 36 Hardened Aircraft Shelters Near Arunachal | Read
China has completed the construction of 36 hardened aircraft shelters, new administrative blocks, and a new apron at its Lhunze airbase in Tibet, about 40 kilometres north of the McMahon line - the boundary between India and China in the Arunachal Pradesh region.
The construction of the new hardened shelters at Lhunze, about 107 kilometres from the strategic town of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, gives China the option of forward-deploying fighter aircraft and a host of drone systems in its arsenal and reduces the response time needed for the Indian Air Force to respond to any airborne threat from its own airbases across Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
