A bipartisan US commission has revealed that China "opportunistically" exploited the India-Pakistan conflict in May to "test and promote" its defense capabilities, essentially turning a military conflict into a weapons trade show. The report states that Beijing leveraged the four-day clash to "test and advertise the sophistication of its weapons, useful in the contexts of its ongoing border tensions with India and its expanding defense industry goals."

But here's where China's plan collapsed entirely: "This clash 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 aircraft were used in active combat, serving as a real-world field experiment," a report by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission c

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