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China using Pak as live weapons lab: Deputy army chief exposes ‘one border-three enemies' nexus
China has turned Pakistan into live weapons laboratory, according to Lieutenant General Rahul R Singh, the Deputy Chief of Army Staff.
The remarks come weeks after the India-Pakistan clash in May in which Pakistan relied heavily on Chinese arms and military systems, such as PL-15 missile, J-10 and JF-17 fighter planes, and HQ-9 air defence systems.
Singh said that as much as 81 per cent of Pakistan's arsenal is of Chinese-origin.
The extent of China-Pakistan synergy is such that China provided real-time intelligence during Operation Sindoor, according to Singh.
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In the four-day conflict in May, Pakistan used Turkish drones and Chinese missiles and fighter planes to attack India. Most of these attacks, however, were foiled as India intercepted most of the drones and missiles and struck Pakistan's air defence systems and hit a host of its airbases and other military sites like radar sites.
'China is acting as backdoor adversary'
With direct support to Pakistan, such as providing real-time intelligence, China has emerged as India's backdoor adversary, according to Singh.
China was providing all possible support to Pakistan during the four-day conflict in May, said Singh.
'China is able to test its weapons against other weapons, so it's like a live lab available to them… Turkey also played an important role in providing the type of support it did…When DGMO-level talks were on, Pakistan had the live updates of our important vectors from China,' said Singh.
Even though major population centres were not attacked in the conflict, India should be prepared for it for future rounds of conflict.
Outside of Jammu and Kashmir, where civilian sites, including houses and religious places, were struck, attacks on civilian sites were not widely reported. India had said that Pakistan had launched missiles and drones at Amritsar, the holiest city for Sikhs, but those attacks were foiled.
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