{"id":27311,"date":"2025-11-13T15:05:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=27311"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:05:21","slug":"india-inaugurates-new-military-airbase-close-to-china-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=27311","title":{"rendered":"India inaugurates new military airbase close to China border"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>India\u2019s air force chief made the inaugural landing of a military transport aircraft at a new airbase capable of fighter jet operations close to the disputed Himalayan border with China, a defence official said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes amid a thaw in ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours, following a milestone pact last October to ease military tensions along their de facto border and a visit this year to China by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n<p>Air Chief Marshal A P\u00a0Singh landed a C-130J aircraft on Wednesday at the Mudh-Nyoma air force station in Ladakh, perched at a height of about 13,000 feet (4,000 m), said the official, who requested anonymity as the matter is sensitive.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: India says Delhi blast was &#8216;terror incident&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Indian Air Force and the defence ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The new airbase, the region\u2019s third key station, lies just 30 km (19 miles) from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis new airfield in Ladakh, capable of fighter operations, will add a new challenge for both of our adversaries,\u201d retired Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor wrote on X, referring to neighbours China and Pakistan. He added that China has an airfield at a similar altitude.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read: IWT dispute moves forward without India<\/p>\n<p>Despite the thaw, mistrust persists between China and India, Indian analysts and officials say. The Indian Army chief has noted continued troop presence and infrastructure build-up along the border by both sides.<\/p>\n<p>India and China share a poorly demarcated 3,800 km (2,400 mile) frontier that has been disputed since the 1950s. The neighbours fought a brief but brutal war over it in 1962.<\/p>\n<p>Ties soured after a deadly border clash in 2020, before a 2024 agreement brought a thaw and eased some restrictions, allowing the resumption of direct flights and two-way visits.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s air force chief made the inaugural landing of a military transport aircraft at a new airbase capable of fighter jet operations close to the disputed Himalayan border with China, a defence official said on Thursday. The move comes amid a thaw in ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours, following a milestone pact last October to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}