US Report: China Used India-Pakistan War As Giant Weapons Advertisement – Then It All Backfired Spectacularly | World News
A bipartisan US commission found that China “opportunistically” exploited the India-Pakistan conflict in May to “test and improve” its defense capabilities, essentially turning a military conflict into an arms trade fair. The report notes that Beijing used the four-day conflict “to test and demonstrate the sophistication of its weapons, which was useful in the context of ongoing border tensions with India and expanding defense industry ambitions.”
But here’s where China’s plan completely collapsed: “This conflict was the first time China’s modern weapons systems, including the HQ-9 air defense system, PL-15 air-to-air missiles, and J-10 fighter jet, were used in active combat, serving as a real-world field experiment,” a report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission said.
Australia Reveals Fraud: Chinese Systems ‘Failed to Stop Most Indian Missiles’
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Adding fuel to the fire, Australia’s National Security College released a classified 87-page report titled “Air and Missile Warfare in the 2025 Intercontinental Conflict: Observations and Conclusions” revealing the catastrophic failure of Chinese technology. The report clearly states that China’s YL-8E anti-stealth radar, HQ-16FE and HQ-9BE missile systems, marketed globally as the “most capable” air defense technology, failed to stop most Indian missiles during Operation Sindoor.
Simply put, China sold Pakistan expensive systems that failed when they were needed most.
Desperate Beijing Wages Disinformation Campaign Against French Rafale
When Chinese weapons failed spectacularly, Beijing did not improve its technology; instead he launched a propaganda war. The US report found that China waged a disinformation campaign to discredit France’s Rafale fighter jet after witnessing its devastating performance against Pakistan.
“According to French intelligence, China launched a disinformation campaign to block sales of French Rafales in favor of its own J-35s and, using fake social media accounts, disseminated AI and video game images containing purported ‘debris’ from aircraft destroyed by China’s weapons,” the report said.
China Still Trying to Sell Failed Weapons to Pakistan
Despite embarrassing failures on the battlefield, China reportedly offered to sell 40 J-35 fifth-generation fighter jets, KJ-500 aircraft and ballistic missile defense systems to Pakistan in June.
In the weeks following the conflict, Chinese embassies shamelessly touted the “success” of their systems in the India-Pakistan conflict, seeking to “increase arms sales” based on fabricated claims. The US commission report, based on committee hearings and investigations, including publicly available information, systematically refuted these Chinese propaganda claims.
Beijing’s Predictable Denial
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Mao Ning predictably called the US report “wrong” because admitting the truth would destroy China’s entire defense export industry overnight.
The verdict is clear: Chinese weapons are expensive failures. India’s missiles and aircraft have proven superior in real combat. And Beijing’s only response is denial and disinformation.
