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DATE:- 15-12-2022 Watsupptoday

India recently issued a NOTAM notice declaring the Bay of Bengal a no-fly zone ahead of another Agni-V ballistic missile test scheduled for December 15-16 from Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. The development comes amid the reported movement of a Chinese research vessel in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). According to data collected by the Norwegian company Maritime Optima, Yuan Wang 5 re-entered the Indian Ocean region earlier on Monday. The report stated that the Yuan Wang 5 was currently southbound in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the Indonesian island of Java. The news comes just a week after India issued a Notice to Airmen/Notice to Air Missions about a missile test in the Andaman and Nicobar region, and just a few days after the Yuan Wang 5 appeared to reverse course in response to India’s NOTAM, the report further said, adding that on 2 December, open source geospatial intelligence analyst Damien Symon speculated on the return of the Chinese vessel to the Indian Ocean region.