{"id":64626,"date":"2025-09-22T13:39:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=64626"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:50:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:20:22","slug":"yuan-wang-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/yuan-wang-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuan Wang 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Yuan Wang 5 Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China\u2019s spy ship Yuan Wang 5 has returned to the maritime neighbourhood of India, three years after it had docked at Hambantota Port of Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Yuan Wang 5<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched in 2007, Yuan Wang 5 is part of a series of<\/span><b> specialized tracking ships <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">built by <\/span><b>China <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for <\/span><b>strategic space and missile monitoring.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>operated by China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can provide <\/span><b>near-real-time situational awareness to the PLA Rocket Force and Navy.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>also <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plays a role in <\/span><b>validating the performance of China\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">new generation of intercontinental<\/span><b> ballistic missiles and hypersonic weapons,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> providing telemetry data critical for weapons development and operational readiness.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Yuan Wang 5 <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It displaces about 25,000 tons, has a length of over 222 metres, a beam of over 25 metres, and can accommodate 400 people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship is driven by <\/span><b>diesel engine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s and can generate sufficient electricity to light up a small town of over 300,000 inhabitants.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With<\/span><b> endurance measured in weeks, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the ship can<\/span><b> remain on station during key test windows or naval exercises.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its suite of <\/span><b>high-power phased-array radar systems <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is capable of <\/span><b>detecting <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ballistic-missiles\/\" target=\"_blank\">ballistic missile<\/a> launches at distances exceeding 3,000 kilometers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These radars <\/span><b>track the trajectory of missiles through various flight stages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from boost to reentry, while simultaneously<\/span><b> collecting telemetry signals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that reveal propulsion performance, warhead separation, and guidance accuracy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to ballistic missile monitoring, Yuan Wang 5 is <\/span><b>equipped with satellite-tracking antennas <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that can lock onto spacecraft in low-earth orbit, geostationary orbit, and deep-space trajectories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These antennas are estimated to<\/span><b> operate in multiple frequency bands,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> giving the ship<\/span><b> flexibility to track both civilian and military launches.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>vessel\u2019s electronic support measures (ESM) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suite further enables it to <\/span><b>intercept radar emissions and communications from foreign warships and aircraft<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> operating in the vicinity. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/chinas-spy-ship-yuan-wang-5-back-in-indian-ocean-amid-speculation-over-indias-missile-test-next-week-3738374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yuan Wang 5 is part of a series of specialized tracking ships built by China for strategic space and missile monitoring. 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