Warships of India and China reached Colombo on the same day: 410 crew members on INS Mumbai, 1473 people staff on Dragon’s 3 warships

4 warships of India and China arrived in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on the same day. Out of these, one is from India and 3 are from China. According to the Sri Lankan website Daily Mirror, Indian warships and Chinese warships have arrived in Colombo on a 3-day visit. According to the report, the Indian Navy’s warship INS Mumbai has reached Sri Lanka for the first time. The Sri Lankan Navy welcomed it. This is the eighth time this year that an Indian ship has visited Sri Lanka. Three warships of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, He Fei, Wuzhishan and Qilianshan also reached Colombo Port on an official visit on Monday morning. INS Mumbai will participate in many programs
INS Mumbai is a 163 meter long warship with 410 crew members. This ship has arrived with the necessary parts for the Dornier reconnaissance ship. India gifted the Dornier reconnaissance ship to strengthen Sri Lanka’s maritime security in August 2022. INS Mumbai will participate in some events with the Sri Lankan Navy. According to the report, the crew members of the warship will also visit some tourist centers of Sri Lanka. On August 29, INS will also participate in ‘Passage Exercise’ with the Sri Lankan ship. INS Mumbai is India’s indigenous warship, which was inducted into the Indian Navy in the year 2001. 3 Chinese warships with 1473 crew members reached Sri Lanka. All three Chinese warships have arrived to participate in the exercise with the Sri Lankan Navy. The largest among them is ‘He Fei’. Its length is 144.50 meters, on which there are 267 crew members. Warship Wuzhishan is 210 meters long, on which there are 872 crew members. At the same time, Kilianshan is a 210 meter long warship, on which there are 334 crew members. According to The Hindu Businessline, the arrival of the warships of both the countries at Colombo Port on the same day is quite unique. In fact, India has been expressing concern about the Chinese ship stopping on the Sri Lankan island for a long time. China calls the intelligence ship a research ship. Last year, India had said that China is trying to spy on India through its research vessels. After this, Sri Lanka refused to allow Chinese ships to stop in its country in September 2023. However, a few months ago Sri Lanka lifted this ban. China has many spy ships. Even though it says that it uses these ships for research, they have powerful military surveillance systems. Many sea coasts of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu come under the purview of Chinese ships arriving at Maldives and Sri Lankan ports. The Chinese army operates the spy ships. The Chinese army operates the spy ships. Chinese spy ships are capable of operating throughout the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Ocean. These ships spy and send complete information to Beijing’s land-based tracking stations. China tracks the launch of satellites, rockets and intercontinental ballistic missiles through the Yuan Wang class ship. According to the US Department of Defense report, this ship is operated by the Strategic Support Force (SSF) of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). SSF is a theater command level organization. It helps the PLA in space, cyber, electronic, information, communication and psychological warfare missions. China’s spy ships are powerful tracking ships. These ships start their movement when India or any other country is testing missiles. The ship is equipped with high-tech eavesdropping equipment. With this, it can listen to conversations taking place 1,000 km away. The missile tracking ship has an electronic system made of radar and antenna. This system tracks the missile coming in its range and sends its information to the air defense system. That is, information about the missile is received even before it comes in the range of the air defense system and the attack can be thwarted.