Dhaka: The reputation of Chinese military hardware and equipment has suffered a major dent due to several prominent export failures. Frequent issues with Pakistan's F-22P frigates, groundings and technical problems experienced by JF-17 customers, and recently reported operational difficulties with the Chinese SkyShield laser system in desert environments have been cited as the main reasons behind China's defence exports not gaining access to significant world markets, a report cited on Saturday.

Even though China remains one of the prominent military powers - it is the fourth largest defence exporter behind the US, Russia and France - questions are being raised about the credibility, quality and sustainment of its defence products, a report in Dhaka-based Lens Asia has highlighted.

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