NEW DELHI: India continues to keep close tabs on Chinese warships and spy vessels in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), even as it gears up to host the navies of both the US and Russia, among 55 countries, at the 'Milan' maritime exercise and International Fleet Review (IFR) at Visakhapatnam in Feb. "There is a continuous presence of extra-regional powers in the IOR due to the ongoing situation. It has always been like that, and it's only increasing," Navy vice chief Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan said on Friday. "At any given point in time, we have a minimum of 40 operating in IOR, but it goes even beyond 50 warships. We are monitoring each and every one of them. We are aware of what they're doing, what they're likely to do, when they come in, when they go out," he added. With the world's

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