As India Preps For Missile Test, Chinese Vessel On Watch Off Vizag Coast
NDTV
The Chinese ship, Xian Yang Hong 01, is now less than 260 nautical miles - about 480 kilometres - off the coast of Visakhapatnam
Within days of India issuing an alert for an impending missile test off the Odisha coast, a Chinese research vessel has raced up India's eastern seaboard and is currently anchored in international waters off the Indian coastline.
This missile test, expected any day now, is particularly significant given the large area India has declared that the missile might land in. Some say it is a submarine-launched ballistic missile that can hit targets 3,500 km away.
The Chinese ship, Xian Yang Hong 01, is now less than 260 nautical miles - about 480 kilometres - off the coast of Visakhapatnam. Incidentally, that's where India bases its three nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, arguably the most sensitive weapons systems in India's arsenal.
