The Indian Navy recently drove away a suspicious Chinese vessel from Indian waters near Port Blair. The Chinese vessel named Shi Yan 1 was detected by a maritime surveillance aircraft of the Indian Navy when the vessel was supposedly carrying out research activities in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) near Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Citing government sources, news agency ANI reported that the vessel could have been used to spy on Indian activities in the region. When the surveillance aircraft detected the Chinese vessel in the Exclusive Indian Economic Zone (EEZ), a Navy ship was sent to monitor its movements. Read More…
