Sri Lanka Expels Ship Carrying Nuclear Material for China Military.com


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Military News Sri Lanka Expels Ship Carrying Nuclear Material for China Sri Lanka's government was forced to lease Hambantota port to a Chinese company after failing to repay the loan used to build it. (Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP file) 21 Apr 2021 Agence France Presse Sri Lankan authorities on Wednesday expelled an Antigua-registered ship that entered the island's territory without declaring a radioactive cargo bound for China. The country's Atomic Energy Regulatory Council said the MV BBC Naples was asked to leave after it was found to be in the Chinese-run port of Hambantota on Tuesday night carrying uranium hexafluoride. "The ship...