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South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Pakistan eyes more Chinese weapon systems after ‘clear-cut victory over India'
Pakistan is in talks with China over the acquisition of cutting-edge anti-ballistic missile systems, airborne early warning and control platforms, and stealth fighters to plug the holes in its air defences exploited by India during their brief air war last month. Advertisement South Asia security experts said Islamabad hoped the procurement of 40 fifth-generation J-35 warplanes, KJ-500 early warning aircraft and the HQ-19 surface-to-air missile weapon systems would help deter any future Indian attacks by threatening heavy losses of expensive warplanes and missiles. But New Delhi would also have to take into account Beijing's motivations for positioning its best integrated air defence systems on India's western flank, the analysts said. According to Walter Ladwig, an associate professor of international relations at King's College London, China's forthcoming sale of advanced stealth jets, radar aircraft, and missile defences to Pakistan is a 'strategic message' for India. Beijing was 'effectively embedding top-tier Chinese military technology into India's western flank, raising the stakes in any future conflict and constraining India's ability to deter escalation', he told This Week In Asia. Advertisement 'However much China denies alignment, this move will be read in Delhi as further evidence that Beijing is prepared to underwrite Pakistan's military posture despite Islamabad's role in cross-border violence,' said Ladwig, who is also an associate fellow with the Navigating the Indo-Pacific programme at the Royal United Services Institute, a British military think tank.
Malay Mail
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Indian army condemns Pakistan's ‘blatant escalation' amid ongoing border clashes
NEW DELHI, May 10 — The Indian army said today that Pakistan was continuing its 'blatant escalation' with drone strikes and using other munitions along India's western border, and its 'enemy designs' would be thwarted. Multiple 'enemy armed drones' spotted over the holy city of Amritsar in India's border state of Punjab were 'instantly engaged and destroyed' by Indian air defence units, the army said in a post on X. Pakistani officials had earlier said a military operation had been launched against India, and multiple bases in the country had been hit. — Reuters
