The airfield at Dara Sakor in Cambodia is part of China’s Belt Road Initiative (BRI). Since 2019, there have been numerous open defense and international affairs-focused reports (official and unofficial) detailing the potential for dual-use capability at the airfield by serving as a potential staging ground for Chinese military aircraft.
However, there is little GEOINT evidence of dual-use or a military look-and-feel to the airport outside of a runway sufficient for emergency use by military aircraft at this time. Rather, the evidence as it currently stands, points to another overly grand and economically questionable BRI investment.
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