asiatimes.com/2026/10/cambodia-and-laos-are-not-pawns-in-a-chinese-encirclement Cambodia and Laos are not pawns in a Chinese encirclement
The Ban Keun runway in Laos measures about 2,000 meters, long enough for most Chinese fighters but well short of the roughly 3,000 meters an H-6 bomber needs, and Reuters counted only eight K-8 light attack jets there. Cambodia's Ream base, meanwhile, has hosted Japanese, Vietnamese and US ships, which undercuts the story of a Chinese ring around Vietnam.
— via Asia Times, Sereysovathana Mogn
