How China benefited from hostilities in Pakistani India

The four-day conflict ended between the arc competitors India and Pakistan this month with a ceasefire, both of which claim victory-but it seems that the defense industry in China may also be an unlikely winner.

the The last glow It started on May 7, when India launched attacks on what was called “terrorist infrastructure” inside Pakistan in response to the brutality 26 kill People, mostly Tourists By the militants Paalgam on April 22.

Many of them were killed in the picturesque valley in Kashmir, the Indian director, in front of their wives and members of their families. Delhi accused Islamabad of supporting armed groups participating in the massacre, a charge that denied Pakistan.

After the response of India – which was called Sendoor – to the armed attack, followed by military exercises on both sides, which included drones, missiles and combat aircraft.

According to what was reported, India used its French and Russian planes, while Pakistan has deployed its J-10 and J-17 aircraft, which is involved in the production of Islamabad with Beijing. The two sides say that their aircraft did not cross the border and were firing the missiles on each other from a distance.

Islamabad claims that its combat aircraft shot down at least six Indian planes, including the newly -made combat aircraft. Delhi did not respond to these allegations.

“The losses are part of the fighting,” said Marshal AK BHARTI of the Indian Air Force (IAF) last week when a reporter asked him about these allegations. Air Marshal Bharti refused to comment on the specified claim from Indian Indian Pakistan.

“We have achieved the goals that we have chosen, and all our pilot returned home,” he added.

India said it had killed at least “100 terrorists”, while targeting the banned lovers’ headquarters in thanking Tayeba and the army of Muhammad, based in Pakistan.

It has not yet appeared at a final list of what happened in the air battle. Some media outlets I mentioned The plane crashes in Punjab and Kashmir, which is run by Indian at the same time, but the Indian government did not respond to reports.

The Reuters report, quoting US officials, said Pakistan may have used the Chinese J-10 to launch air missiles against Indian combat aircraft. Some experts are viewed that Pakistan, which is highly relied upon by victory on Chinese weapons systems in an active combat.

Some experts called this “deep moment” for the Chinese weapons industry, referring to January this year when the Chinese Amnesty International emerging We shook the giants With cost effective technology.

“The air battle has been a major declaration of the Chinese weapons industry. So far, China has not had an opportunity to test its platforms in a combat situation,” said Chu Bo, a retired colonel in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.

“China has some systems that contain nothing.” The shares of the Chinese company Avic Chengde Aircraft, which manufactures combat aircraft such as J-10, increased by 40 % last week after the amount of the fighter plane in the Pakistani India conflict.

However, other experts feel that it is very early to declare the superiority of Chinese arms systems.

Professor Walter Ladouj from the King College in London said it was not determined whether the Chinese aircraft had already outperformed the Indian Air Force aircraft (IAF), especially Rafale.

“In a standard military doctrine, the air defenses of the enemy will suppress and get an air superiority before it collided with the terrestrial targets. Instead, it seems that the IAF mission was clearly not provoking any Pakistani military revenge,” he said.

Mr. Ladouj believed that the Indian pilots had given instructions to travel despite the fact that the entire Pakistani air defense was at maximum alert and that their planes were already in the sky. IAF did not give details of the task or about the air operations strategy.

Beijing has also made any comment on reports of J-10 to shoot down Indian combat aircraft, including Rafale. However, unconfirmed reports that J-10 brought down a Western weapons system that sparked joy and victory over Chinese social media.

Carloota Renaudo, a Chinese researcher in the international security study team in Verona, said Chinese social media was immersed in national messages, although it is difficult to find a conclusion of the available information.

“At the present time, perception is more important than reality. If we see it in this way, the main winner is China,” she said.

For China, Pakistan is a strategic and economic ally. It invests more than 50 billion dollars (37 billion pounds) to build infrastructure in Pakistan as part of its Chinese economic corridor Pakistan.

So, Pakistan’s weak is not in the interest of China.

China has made a decisive difference in the latest conflict in India and Pakistan, says IMTIAZ Gul, a Pakistani security analyst. “It was a surprise from the Indian planners. They may not imagine the depth of cooperation in the modern war between Pakistan and China,” he said.

Experts say that the performance of Chinese aircraft in a real fighting mode was severely analyzed in Western capitals because this will have a successive impact on the trade of global weapons. The United States is the world’s largest arms source, while China is the fourth.

China mostly sell weapons to developing countries such as Myanmar and Pakistan. Previously, Chinese arms systems were criticized for their poor quality and technical problems.

I mentioned reports Head the Burmese army Many of its JF-17 combat aircraft-which were manufactured in partnership with China and Pakistan in 2022-due to technical breakdowns.

the The Nigerian army reported many technical problems With the Chinese, F-7 combat aircraft made.

Another point to be indicated is that this was not the first time that India has lost a plane against Pakistan.

in 2019, during a short air battle Between the two sides, after the similar Indian air strikes on suspected terrorist targets in Pakistan, the Russian Mig-21 plane was shot down inside the Pakistani territories and the pilot was arrested. He was released after a few days.

However, India said the pilot was expelled after he succeeded in shooting down the Pakistani combat aircraft, including the United States F-16. Pakistan has denied this claim.

Despite reports on the landing of Indian aircraft last week, experts such as Mr. Laadouj are arguing that India has managed to reach “impressive goals” inside Pakistan early May 10 and that this fact was not largely played by international media.

The Indian army said in a coordinated attack, which fired 11 Pakistani airplanes across the country, including Nour Khan’s strategic air base outside Rawalbee, and not far from the Pakistani military headquarters. It is a sensitive goal that made Islamabad a surprise.

It was one of the most farthest goals in Holri, 140 km (86 miles) from the southern city of Karachi.

Mr. Ladwig says this time that IAF is working with standard measures – first attacking Pakistani air defense systems and radar and then focusing on ground targets.

Indian aircraft used a group of missiles, and munitions and drones were lounged, although Pakistanis run the Chinese crunchy air defense system 9.

“The attacks seem relatively accurate and targeted. The pits were in the middle of the corridors, which is the perfect place.

However, he said, by refusing to enter into the details of the mission, “The Indian army has lost control of the narrative thread.”

In response to Indian strikes, Pakistan said it fired missile and air strikes on many Indian front air bases, but Delhi said that the attacks had not caused any harm to equipment and employees.

With the realization that the situation was out of control, the United States and its allies intervened and intervened pressure on both countries to stop the fighting.

But for India, experts say, the entire episode is an invitation to wake up.

Beijing may not comment on the details of the conflict in the recent Pakistani India, but it is keen to show that its arms systems are attached to the rapid ride with the West.

Delhi realizes that the planes that China provided with Pakistan are some previous models. Beijing has already introduced the most advanced aircraft at the J-20 Stealth Fighter, which can escape from the radars.

India and China have a long -term border conflict along the Himalayas and fought a short border war in 1962, which resulted in an India’s defeat. A short border clash occurred in Ladge in June 2020.

Experts say India is very aware that it needs to accelerate investments in the manufacture of local defense and accelerate international purchase.

Currently, the defense industry in China appears to have the lights after allegations of the success of one of its planes in India’s conflict in Pakistan.

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