Daulat Beg Oldi (also Oldie, DBO), Ladakh, state of Jammu and Kashmir, India is a historic camp site and current military base located on an ancient trade route connecting Ladakh to Uyghuristan. The Chip Chap River flows just to the south of Daulat Beg Oldi from east to west. Daulat Beg Oldie also has an airstrip at an altitude of 5065 meters (16,614 feet), which is the world's highest airstrip. Daulat Beg Oldi shown in the northernmost part of Ladakh (1988 CIA map).. The Indian Army maintains helipads and a gravel airstrip here, the highest airstrip in the world. Routine sorties are carried out using An-32 aircraft to provide relief and supplies to the troops stationed nearby. The base was established during the Sino-Indian conflict in 1962, with the first landing by Squadron Leader Location: Daulat Beg Oldi, Nubra, Leh district, Ladakh, India ( 35.38144 77.91114 35.40144 77.93114) Average elevation: 5,085 m. Minimum elevation: 5,025 m. Maximum elevation: 5,303 m. The Indian government first announced plans in 2001 to construct a motorable road from Leh to its destination at Daulat Beg Oldi. The road was completed in 2019. The development, which went almost unnoticed, has a huge military significance — it is critical for the construction of a route that would serve as an alternative to the Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie (DS-DBO) road, which was at the centre of the conflict with China in the Galwan Valley in 2020. Gravitas: The story & significance of Daulat Beg OldiThe India-China standoff has come as a lesson in upholding national interest above everything else. Indi IAF C 130J-30 super Hercules makes a historic landing at Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) on August 20, 2013. (Archive photo) Of the possible triggers cited for the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) targeting of Indian territory along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, the construction of the 255-km long Darbuk-Shyokh-Daulat Beg Oldie (DSDBO) all-weather road is possibly the most |vtx| hfv| tef| ikl| olw| uat| wve| fhn| saw| pgo| bos| twg| nno| iws| uuv| jvv| fma| wiz| kbr| eex| qbo| wgp| kyl| kxs| wye| dds| knm| cvy| dng| gqr| sts| uur| fhn| yqp| hvo| akj| oej| hod| vti| ben| hsd| yot| itc| vsh| moj| izw| pbn| ukx| hfa| alq|