A Chinese research vessel has been operating in Middle Eastern waters close to a US aircraft carrier, according to ship-tracking data, at a time of heightened American military presence near Iran.
China’s Dayang Yihao (or “Ocean No 1”) has been surveying the Arabian Sea west of India since December 19, according to SeaLight, a maritime analysis group affiliated with Stanford University.
The ship is China’s first modern comprehensive ocean-going scientific research vessel, and is equipped with…
US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln is sailing in the Arabian Sea. So is a Chinese vessel
