Why China is paying close attention to India's next ballistic missile test
For nearly a week, the Yuan Wang 5, a Chinese research vessel has been sailing in the Indian Ocean. For New Delhi, this spy ship is there to observe the next Indian ballistic missile test, expected this Thursday or Friday.
By Claude Fouquet Published on 15 Dec 2022 at 7:53am Updated on 15 Dec 2022 at 9:19am
In the game of cat and mouse, Beijing and New Delhi are obviously masters. If the two countries regularly challenge each other along their Himalayan border, to the point of coming to blows as they did last week, for nearly a week the two Asian powers have been staring each other down in the Bay of Bengal.
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The New Delhi navy is closely monitoring the movements of a Chinese ship that entered the Indian Ocean on 6 December. The Yuan Wang 5 is considered above all by India, but also by the United States in a recent Pentagon report, as a spy ship used to monitor space and satellites and to track and analyse intercontinental missile launches.