India Looks To Revive ’71 War Airbase As China Builds Near ‘Chicken’s Neck’

A Bangladesh Air Force Yakovlev Yak-130 on final approach at one of its air baseIndia is accelerating the revival of the long-defunct Kailashahar airfield in Tripura as a direct response to growing strategic concerns over China’s involvement in the redevelopment of Bangladesh’s Lalmonirhat airbase, located less than 20 kilometers from the Indian border and near the critical Siliguri Corridor—
A Bangladesh Air Force Yakovlev Yak-130 on final approach at one of its air baseIndia is accelerating the revival of the long-defunct Kailashahar airfield in Tripura as a direct response to growing strategic concerns over China’s involvement in the redevelopment of Bangladesh’s Lalmonirhat airbase, located less than 20 kilometers from the Indian border and near the critical Siliguri Corridor—
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