Construction activity is underway in full swing along the eastern banks of Pangong Tso Lake in Tibet, situated approximately 110kms from one of the friction points of the 2020 border clashes.

The most striking element of the facility under construction is a set of covered missile launch positions, India Today said in its report quoting experts. The positions are believed to be equipped with retractable roofs for Transporter Erector Launcher (TEL) vehicles that can carry, elevate as well as fire missiles.

As per intelligence analysts, these hardened shelters are likely designed to shield and conceal China's long-range HQ-9 Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) systems. The HQ-9 is an air-defence system developed locally by China and is capable of intercepting aircraft and ballistic missiles at lon

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