Whereas Chinese language navy research-survey-surveillance ship Xiang Yang Hong 3 is at present anchored at Male seaport, one other sister ship Xiang Yang Hong 01 is making its means in the direction of the Bay of Bengal for surveillance off India’s japanese seaboard.
The Marine Site visitors web site reveals each the surveillance vessels within the Indian Ocean Area with the pro-China Muizzu authorities in Maldives permitting the spy ship to be docked on the Male. Because the 01 vessel doesn’t have any listed vacation spot, intelligence inputs point out that the spy vessel is sure for Sri Lankan port for operational turnaround (OTR). Although Sri Lanka declared a one-year moratorium in opposition to survey vessels final December 22, 2023, inputs point out that the vessel might dock at Colombo seaport with Ranil Wickremesinghe authorities beneath stress to permit the docking. Each the vessels are being monitored by the Indian Navy.
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Based on maritime safety consultants, the overt function of those vessels is to hold out hydrography and hydrological surveys for future PLA Navy submarine operations within the IOR however the presence of Chinese language spy vessels off India’s japanese seaboard is also to watch missile firing off Balasore check vary aside from choosing signature of Indian nuclear ballistic missile carrying submarine primarily based close to Visakhapatnam. India at current has three nuclear-powered ballistic missile-carrying submarines with the third one at present doing deep sea trials.
Below the garb of hydrography surveys, the PLA vessels are recognized to choose up noise signatures of Indian submarines in addition to monitor the check firing of missiles off ITR at A P J Abdul Kalam island and hyperlink the coordinates with Chinese language spy satellites.
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Although the Chinese language vessel 01 is working in worldwide waters, the IOR maritime scenario has turn out to be sophisticated for India with Maldivian President Mohammed Muizzu able to play the cat’s paw for China, Pakistan and Turkey. After taking on as Maldivian President on November 17, 2023, Muizzu, who’s a practising Salafist, made his first journey overseas to Turkey and has now acquired Bayraktar 2 drones for patrolling the Maldivian EEZ. On condition that Maldives has no previous expertise in working drones, it will be taking assist of Turkish armed forces stationed within the littoral nation to fly the drones.
