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India: new airport close to the Chinese border

Only for commercial flights or possible military base?

The new airport -the 100th- opened in India is destined to be discussed since it was built in the Himalayas at over 1400 meters of height, serving a remote area of the country, but at the same time key and strategic given its proximity to the border Chinese. The new airport -inaugurated on Monday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi- cost about 68.7 million dollars, in an important engineering enterprise...

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Pakyong, Sikkim, India, 09/26/2018 13:13
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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