Fangs of the Dragon
Prasun K. Sengupta
In the third year of the on-going military stand-off between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh Union Territory, the People’s Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF) are constructing heliports under the PLA Western Theatre Command’s South Xinjiang Military District and the Tibet Military District (TMD). these heliportst will also house underground munitions storage deports containing both medium tube artillery and long-range rocket artillery multi-barrel rocket launchers (MBRL).
AR-3 MBRL
It may be recalled that between March and April 2020, the PLAGF’s medium tube artillery regiments and long-range MBRLs had been stored in areas adjacent to the PLAGF heliport at Shiquanhe opposite Ladakh. Later on, they were forward deployed to locations at Rutog (facing Pangong Tso Lake and Chushul), Zhaxigangxiang (facing the Depsang Plains), and at Zanda County facing both Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
In addition, by August 2020 construction of two heliports meant for air-maintenance of the PLAGF’s on-site garrisons in the Hot Springs and Pangong Tso Lake areas Ha
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