The upgraded base at Nyoma allows heavy strategic transports to touch down closer to the Line of Actual Control than ever before. With a newly developed 3-kilometer runway, the facility reduces deployment delays compared to existing hubs in Leh and Thoise. Upgraded by the Border Roads Organisation for Rs 214 crore, it now serves as Ladakh's fourth official airbase.
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Nyoma offers faster troop movement and emergency response times near Demchok and southern…: Nyoma offers faster troop movement and emergency response times near Demchok and southern Pangong Tso.
Higher regional strips like Daulat Beg Oldie and Fukche cannot accommodate heavy strategi…: Higher regional strips like Daulat Beg Oldie and Fukche cannot accommodate heavy strategic transports like the Il-76.
The operational facility grants the Indian Air Force greater tactical flexibility without…: The operational facility grants the Indian Air Force greater tactical flexibility without needing to duplicate every Chinese installation.
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Indian Air Force IL-76MD heavy-lift transport has landed at the Mudh-Nyoma airbase in eastern Ladakh, in what is being described as the highest-altitude landing by this type of aircraft anywhere in the world. At 13,700 feet above mean sea level, Nyoma is one of the highest fighter-capable airbase in the world. The highest advanced landing ground though is Daulat Beg Oldie, which lies roughly a little over 250 km north of Nyoma as the crow flies. There is also the Fukche advanced landing ground in the Demchok sector, which lies some 50 km south east of Nyoma. Both Daulat Beg Oldie and Fuckche are not in their current state capable of operations of strategic airlift aircraft such as the Il-76 or the much more capable C-17. The Il-76 regularly operates from the air fields at Thoise in the Shyok valley and from Leh.
The airbase is critical for India as it lies close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC), near sensitive sectors such as Demchok and the south bank of the Pangong Tso. Leh and Thoise are much…
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