Over a year before a roaming Chinese spy balloon galvanized the United States, Indian forces spotted a similar object over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Indian territories in the Bay of Bengal.
The incident didn’t garner much attention at the time, because Indian defense forces were unsure of the balloon’s intent and origin.
However, in light of the spy balloon incident over the United States, experts say that Chinese espionage in India is equally alarming and should be a cause for concern for the entire Indo-Pacific region.
After U.S. fighter jets shot down the Chinese spy balloon in February, the Indian defense officials, for the first time, talked about sighting a similar high altitude balloon over Indian territory….