Satellite images show eight light attack aircraft, apparently Chinese-made Hongdu JL-8 jets, and more than a dozen military vehicles at Ban Keun airport, about 50km north of Vientiane, Laos, where China opened a joint "support and training centre" on 29 September. Analysts see it as Beijing's first air-power-focused overseas military facility and its first outside the South China Sea capable of handling fighter jets, with extensive construction suggesting a runway extension that could accommodate larger aircraft. China says the centre will train Laotian pilots and is not aimed at any third party, while Laos has not commented; Thailand and Vietnam are watching closely. Note: the source covers Laos, not Tunisia, and contains no information about any Tunisian plan to host Chinese military aircraft or weapons.