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China: the place for the airport in Antarctica located
Huge stretch of blue ice found by the Beijing team
The expedition team sent by China to find the place where to build an airport to host the researchers' planes (maybe also military once?) has found a huge area of blue ice where they can start work, allowing the transport aircraft strategic Xian Y-20 Kunpeng to be able to land and take off. The researchers drilled ice to check its thickness and in these days will continue to inspect it, so as to allow...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency