Indian Navy drives away suspicious Chinese vessel from its waters

COLOMBO --The Indian Navy recently drove away a suspicious Chinese vessel operating in the Indian waters near Port Blair. The Chinese research vessel Shi Yan 1 was carrying out "research activities" in the Indian waters near Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and was detected by maritime surveillance aircraft operating there, according to government sources here. Sources said the vessel could have also been used by the Chinese to spy on the Indian activities in the Island territory, from where India keeps a close eye on the maritime movements in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and Southeast Asian region. After the vessel was detected by the agencies and found out that it was ...

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