China keeping 25 frontline fighter jets at air base near Eastern Ladakh: Report


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New Delhi: The Chinese Air Force has kept 25 frontline fighters including J-11 and J-20 at Hotan air base , news agency ANI reported on Friday. Hotan is China 's nearest airfield to eastern Ladakh . A government source told the news agency that the Chinese used to maintain detachments of MiG-21 class fighters there at the Hotan airbase, but they have now been replaced with more sophisticated aircraft and in larger numbers. India has also deployed Sukhoi-30MKIs, MiG-29s and Mirage-2000s at forward air bases, the report said. The Chinese Air Force is building - close to Indian territory -...