Satellite images analysed by India Today’s Open Source Intelligence Team (OSINT) show movement of large vehicles at the Chinese post in Aksai Chin, the part of Ladakh region occupied by Beijing since the 1962 conflict with India.
The permanent camp near the Line of Actual Control (LAC), which is opposite the Gogra post on the Indian side, is the biggest Chinese base in the area. (Source: European Space Agency)
Satellite images analysed by India Today’s Open Source Intelligence Team (OSINT) show movement of large vehicles at the Chinese post in Aksai Chin, the part of Ladakh region occupied by Beijing since the 1962 conflict with India.
The permanent camp near the Line of Actual Control (LAC), which is opposite the Gogra post on the Indian side, is the biggest Chinese base in the area.
A comparison of satellite images suggests the activity took place in the second week of May, in line with news reports about Chinese troop movements close to LAC around the same time.
The camp is about 6 km from the nearest point on LAC and about 15 km from the Gogra post on the Indian side.
Movement of large vehicles at the Chinese camp in Aksai Chin. (Source: European Space Agency)
Older high resolution imagery of the camp shows wide road connectivity with the camp.
High-resolution image from 2015 shows road connectivity. (Source: Maxar Technologies/Google)
While the open area outside the camp is seen inactive and empty in April and in the first week of May, the same place looks occupied in the second week of this month.
These structures vanish from the satellite imagery in the third week.
Movement at the Chinese Camp in Aksai Chin. (Source: European Space Agency)
Movement at the Chinese Camp in Aksai Chin. (Source: European Space Agency)
Earlier, India Today showed signs of large scale movement of Chinese troops the through satellite images on one of the roads in the same Aksai Chin area.
