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p p BY S VENKAT NARAYAN, Our Special Correspondent DELHI, July 31: India is worried about the Chinese vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5’ scheduled to berth at the Hambantota Port next week because its aerial reach is more than 750 km.The military and strategic implications of Chinese spy ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) are manifold.‘Yuan Wang 5’ is lethal in its capabilities compared to Chinese submarines that were docked at Colombo port in 2014.According to some reports, ‘Yuan Wang 5’ is currently sailing “at 19.

‘Yuan Wang 5’ is also potentially violating innocent passage requirements in territorial seas as per the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea (UNCLOS).‘Yuan Wang 5’ is the third-generation tracking ship of the Yuan Wang series, and entered service in 2007.