Chinese weapons pass combat test in India-Pakistan clash
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“Our jet fighters … shot down three Indian Rafales, three Rafales [that] are French,” Dar told the National Assembly. “Ours were J-10Cs,” he noted,
Islamabad denied the allegation, but was nonetheless prepared for India’s military riposte.
It was just hours after India launched its Operation Sindoor with an opening salvo of strikes on Pakistan in response to a deadly April 22 terror attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. India blamed Pakistan for the attack,
Indian officials have declined to comment on the loss of its aircraft in the four-day conflict. Chinese authorities meanwhile have been tight-lipped about Dar’s revelations of a pre-dawn briefing-visit by its top diplomat in Islamabad to the Pakistani foreign ministry. When asked, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman told a Bloomberg reporter that he was “not familiar with the matter you mentioned”.
The odds were in New Delhi’s favour ahead of its retaliation for the April 22 terror attack. With its first strikes, India signalled a break from its traditional doctrine of strategic restraint, hitting targets not just in Pakistani-administered Kashmir and remote border regions, but in the country’s political heartland Punjab province.
When the Chinese delegation, led by Beijing’s ambassador in Islamabad, arrived at Pakistan’s foreign ministry, they were promptly given the good news, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told parliament later that day.
referring to the Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon, a Chinese multipurpose fighter jet that was untested in an active combat zone until the latest India-Pakistan armed clash.
Islamabad denied the allegation, but was nonetheless prepared for India’s military riposte.
It was just hours after India launched its Operation Sindoor with an opening salvo of strikes on Pakistan in response to a deadly April 22 terror attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. India blamed Pakistan for the attack,
Indian officials have declined to comment on the loss of its aircraft in the four-day conflict. Chinese authorities meanwhile have been tight-lipped about Dar’s revelations of a pre-dawn briefing-visit by its top diplomat in Islamabad to the Pakistani foreign ministry. When asked, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman told a Bloomberg reporter that he was “not familiar with the matter you mentioned”.
The odds were in New Delhi’s favour ahead of its retaliation for the April 22 terror attack. With its first strikes, India signalled a break from its traditional doctrine of strategic restraint, hitting targets not just in Pakistani-administered Kashmir and remote border regions, but in the country’s political heartland Punjab province.
When the Chinese delegation, led by Beijing’s ambassador in Islamabad, arrived at Pakistan’s foreign ministry, they were promptly given the good news, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told parliament later that day.
referring to the Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon, a Chinese multipurpose fighter jet that was untested in an active combat zone until the latest India-Pakistan armed clash.
