It has also built a surveillance camera network and is planning to deploy a satellite early-warning monitoring system in some border areas, state media reports said. The area has a history of confrontation between border troops of the two countries. The new report said the PLA was plugging gaps in its management and monitoring of border areas, especially areas with extreme climate and hostile terrain. “A satellite early-warning monitoring system is planned in some border areas that are in dispute or are difficult to enter and to patrol,” the Beijing Evening News reported. The report added that border troops in Koktokay in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region recently tested more than 20 types of new equipment.

Source: Hindustan Times April 09, 2018 09:00 UTC