New Delhi:

China has despatched one other spy ship into the waters of the Indian Ocean, simply days forward of a deliberate missile take a look at by India. This comes lower than three months after the same ship had docked within the Sri Lankan port of Hambantota.

The spy ships being deployed in these waters by the Chinese Navy are of the identical class and are designed to observe missile assessments and the motion of satellites.

The newest Chinese spy ship to make the journey, the Yuan Wang VI, has now crossed into the Indian Ocean and is crusing off the coast of Bali as indicated by MarineTraffic, an internet service which tracks the motion of ships.

The Chinese spy ship Yuan Wang VI is at the moment close to Bali, based on MarineTraffic.

The arrival of the Yuan Wang VI comes at a time when India is believed to have issued a NOTAM or Notice to Airmen asserting its intention to check a missile on a selected date and time.

According to the main Open-Source Intelligence knowledgeable Damien Symon, the coordinates of this deliberate take a look at point out {that a} missile could also be fired from Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha between November 10-11 and that the missile could fly to a variety of two,200 km.

Accordingly, an space between Sri Lanka to the West and Indonesia to the East has been blocked as an space over which the missile is anticipated to function.

#AreaWarning#India points a notification for a no fly zone over the Bay of Bengal area indicative of upcoming missile take a look at

Launch Window | 10 – 11 Nov 2022 pic.twitter.com/XqXVR2j9Y3

— Damien Symon (@detresfa_) October 22, 2022

India’s fear is that China could now be making an attempt to trace the missile it’s prone to take a look at, within the course of getting important details about its capabilities corresponding to its trajectory, pace, vary and accuracy.

India incessantly assessments ballistic missiles off Wheeler Island, a chosen missile take a look at vary.

In August this 12 months, a sister ship of this vessel, the Yuan Wang V, docked within the Sri Lankan port of Hambantota earlier than returning to the South China Sea.

India’s considerations have been targeted not simply on the deployment of ships of the category of the Yuan Wang but in addition on Hambantota port, which was leased to the China Merchant Port Holdings for 99 years after Sri Lanka was unable to repay loans taken for its improvement. This has led to fixed fears of its use for navy functions.

China, which is engaged in a protracted border standoff with India, holds vital sway over Sri Lanka by being its most important creditor with investments in infrastructure. India, nonetheless, has been Sri Lanka’s essential-supply lifeline amid its festering financial disaster.