Did Pakistan Use China’s PL-15 Missile Against India? Here’s How Beijing Responded and Why It’s Making Global Headlines Now.

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Operation Sindoor, initiated amidst the spiraling military acerbities between India and Pakistan for successfully downing the Chinese PL-15 air-to-air missile winners has drawn considerable geopolitical interest. Initiated in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, it resulted in operations against nine terrorist camps in Pakistan and the death or wounding of more than 100 militants. In response, Pakistan carried out a string of drone and missile strikes from May 8 to 10. But Indian air defense units shot down most of the mortars inbound and even reportedly downed the PL-15 (a Chinese-exported solution).

China Cornered Over Pakistan’s Alleged Use of Its Missile Tech

The key question arose on May 29 when a correspondent asked Pakistan during its defense ministry briefing whether it had deployed PL 15 missiles. Rather than unequivocally affirm or deny the report, Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesperson with China’s military indicated, “This is a product of export the missile has participated in home and abroad defense exhibitions.” That vague response has just added to the speculation and has caught the world’s eye back on Beijing’s defense exports at a higher level.

Beijing Calls for Calm Amid Rising Indo-Pakistan Strains

Caught between two diplomatic dilemmas, China is trying to balance its historic ties with Pakistan and build fresh ties with India. The Chinese ministry said “India-Pakistan are fellow neighbors on neighboring line” and urged both countries to “remain calm and sober” from taking actions that further heighten regional tensions Nonetheless, China only amplifies the suspicion that the PL-15-specific deployment has them singing in the dark of night , no pun intended.

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Operation Sindoor not only caught the missiles but revealed the sniffers to their source. Many of the drone and missile strikes hit by Indian defense systems are believed to be from Pakistan, with some coming from China or Turkey. The failure of all these foreign weapon systems to pierce Indian skies has also raised serious questions about their efficacy, particularly those touted as state-of-the-art Chinese military hardware.

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China’s Defence Exports Under Global Scanner

Data from SIPRI says Pakistan: China is a total arms supplier of 81% to arms imports of Pakistan- fighter jets, submarines naval ships missile systems, etc. Elsewhere, with Chinese PL-15 missiles said to be at least part of aborted Pakistani strikes the Beijing defense credibility is under a spotlight and its evasions only deepen the puzzle.

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