India is more likely to conduct a missile take a look at within the Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Islands within the Indian Ocean subsequent week.
According to a Notice to Airmen, or NOTAM, issued by India, the take a look at may happen between 29 November and 1 December.
The no-fly zone, indicative of a missile take a look at, means that the missile to be examined might fly to a distance of 450 kilometres.
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This improvement comes simply weeks after India postponed a missile take a look at after two Chinese spy ships entered the Indian Ocean.
Earlier this month, India had notified a no-fly zone over part of the Indian Ocean for 10 and 11 November. However, it was cancelled after a Chinese intelligence-gathering vessel, Yuan Wang VI, entered the ocean house simply days earlier than the take a look at.
Another Chinese spy ship, the one which docked in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota earlier this 12 months, entered the area simply days later.
Equipped with surveillance gear, these ships can monitor ballistic missiles and satellites and collect sign intelligence.
Later, India issued one other NOTAM for 23 and 24 November. The Strategic Forces Command efficiently launched the Agni-III ballistic missile on 23 November from the A P J Abdul Kalam Island, off the coast of Odisha.
Experts imagine that the missile to be examined within the Islands subsequent week is without doubt one of the many variants of the BrahMos cruise missile.
India has carried out a number of BrahMos exams from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands this 12 months.
In February, India test-fired a BrahMos missile from a land-based launcher there.
An extended-range model of the BrahMos cruise missile was examined from the Islands in March.
In April, the A&N Command, the one tri-services command of the Indian armed forces, test-fired the anti-ship model of the BrahMos.
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