India Operationalises Strategic Nyoma Airbase Just 25 km from China Border

The strategically significant Mudh-Nyoma airbase in Ladakh was on Wednesday operationalised with Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal AP Singh landing at the base on board a C-130J transport aircraft. The airbase is located at a height of around 13,000 feet and is around 25 km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.

The operationalisation of the airbase is expected to boost the Indian military’s combat readiness in the sensitive sector, officials said.

The Chief of Air Staff landed at the Mudh-Nyoma airbase on board a C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft, they said. Air Chief Marshal Singh was accompanied at the airbase by Western Air Command chief Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra, the officials said.

The Rs 218-crore project to operationalise the airbase was implemented by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO).

The foundation stone of the project was laid in September 2023 by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

The airbase can now be used by fighter jets, helicopters and transport planes.

Mudh-Nyoma airbase is the fourth such Air Force base in Ladakh. The three others are located in Leh, Kargil and Thoise.The Kargil airstrip is located at an altitude of around 10,500 feet.

The defence ministry has been focusing on enhancing infrastructure at almost all airfields along the LAC, including the Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs), as per operational requirements.

It is also in the process of boosting infrastructure at Daulat Beg Oldi Advanced Landing Ground in the Ladakh region.

The Daulat Beg Oldi ALG is located close to the LAC at an altitude of 16,700 feet and is known as the highest airfield in the world.

 

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[P2S2]

It's to battle stations now. Wear em down mentally and physically. Physiology is important.

 

[Mc Addy]

Very close means what in Laddakh? The Chinese captured 2000 sq km after Tibbet , which was our land and stopped at hot spring and still doing slicing . All out war with China is not possible but yes, China may implode as Xi cannot rule forever and if he is to carry on forever , there is bound to be an implosion as he is now beyond mandated 2 ed term . So wait and watch.

 

[P2S2]

Very close means what in Laddakh? The Chinese captured 2000 sq km after Tibbet , which was our land and stopped at hot spring and still doing slicing . All out war with China is not possible but yes, China may implode as Xi cannot rule forever and if he is to carry on forever , there is bound to be an implosion as he is now beyond mandated 2 ed term . So wait and watch.

If Xi goes China would be in a mess. The border guards are more and more local Tibetans. The west calculated brilliantly when to pull the rug out from underneath China. The Chinese obliged with killing babies in the womb and selling body parts of dissidents. Then they rushed out huge naval assets in shallow waters. The Taiwanese islands are three kilometres from the mainland. If our people had resisted provoking them we wouldn't have lost territory. Their bluff has been called. Now they are facing the backlash of draconian internal policies. The man-made islands and bases have started corroding in adversarial weather conditions.
Philippines has more solid islands and being down means it can only go up to survive. China on the other hand can go either way. We have to be careful which way we're going.