"Op Sindoor exposed Pak-China military nexus"

Deputy Chief of Army Staff (CD&S) Lt General Rahul R Singh today highlighted the growing military cooperation between Pakistan and China as a key concern emerging from Operation Sindoor, calling it a strategic challenge for India.

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Addressing the conference-cum-exhibition on 'New Age Military Technologies', organised by FICCI here, Lt Gen Singh said, “We had one border and two adversaries — actually three. Pakistan was in the front, while China provided all possible support.”

He described the alliance as “unsurprising”, stating that China would rather kill with a borrowed knife than engage directly.

"In the last five years, 81 percent of Pakistan's military hardware is sourced from China," Lt Gen Singh said, while highlighting Beijing’s growing role in Islamabad’s defence preparedness.

He also warned that China's involvement in providing weapons to Pakistan offers them an opportunity to test new technologies in a real-world combat environment, comparong it to a "live lab."