The Kashgar airbase in China’s Xinjiang region, barely 475 km from Karakoram Pass, has seen hectic activity recently. India Today OSINT team had earlier analysed Chinese deployment of H-6 strategic bombers at the airport.
The dual use Kashgar airport has been in the news since the beginning of the Indo-China standoff. The first two H-6 bombers observed here in June were part of a non-permanent deployment with an eye on Indian forces in Eastern Ladakh. Latest satellite images of Kashgar airport reveal that the missiles loaded on the first two H-6s were KD-63 missiles. These are air-launched land-attack cruise missiles, providing precision strike capabilities. Read More…
