China buying time with border talks, satellite images show PLA helicopter support base near stand-off areas

Continuing with its Sun Tzu-esque deception, China is ramping up infrastructure along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) while holding diplomatic and military-level talks with India.

New satellite pictures by Planet Labs and analysis by Sim Tack has revealed that the PLA is developing helicopter support base near stand-off areas.

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Posting the images, OSINT handle d-atis said that China’s PLA helicopter bases are capable of supporting the current India-China stand-off and that the new site under construction is just 155 km from Pangong Tso with basic outline resembling what could possibly be a new heliport.

The construction work is going on in Gar County, Rutog County and Pishan County.

New PLA infrastructure shows China's long-term ambition in the region

Sim Tack, a chief military analyst said: “The buildup of PLA infrastructure in support of helicopter operations demonstrates the long term Chinese ambitions in the region and their capabilities in logistically supporting large deployments in complex terrain.”

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Prior to the 1962 Sino-India war, the Chinese maintained that any dispute with India should be resolved through diplomatic means.

Any dispute should be resolved by peaceful diplomatic measures: China before 1962 war

General J. J. Singh, who served as the 21st Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army, in his book ‘The McMahon Line: A Century of Discord’ writes: “The Chinese were systematically preparing their army and civilian administrative machinery to achieve their national objective. And, while the preparation for armed conflict – the gradual and unobtrusive build-up of troops, weapons systems, munitions, construction of roads and logistics infrastructure – were taking place, the leadership of China kept sending signals to the Indians that the dispute could be resolved by peaceful diplomatic measures.”

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He further writes that these “deliberate acts of deception” by the Chinese succeeded in making the “Indian leadership, the country’s intelligence agencies and diplomats, and a few politically influenced high-level military leaders believe that skirmishes along the disputed areas could take place but an all-out war was a remote possibility.”

He also said that the Chinese were also successful in misleading the international community “to a large extent.”

(Source: timesnownews.com)