US EditionChina Ran Campaign to Discredit French Rafale Fighter After India-Pakistan Conflict, US Commission Says
- On Tuesday, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said China opportunistically used the May India–Pakistan clash to test weapons in real combat and advertise its arms, with no Chinese response yet.
- India launched missile strikes on the night of May 5 and 6 after the Pahalgam attack, triggering four days of missile, drone and artillery exchanges.
- Pakistan employed Chinese-made HQ-9, PL-15 and J-10C systems in combat, claiming at least six Indian aircraft downed including Rafales, while the report said China amplified these claims with disinformation.
- After four days of fighting, a US-brokered ceasefire ended on May 10, Pakistanis celebrated the truce and then launched Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos, striking over 20 Indian military sites.
- The episode bolstered China's defence-sales pitch, with Pakistan's battlefield claims used to promote Chinese systems and post-clash offers to Islamabad in June, while neighbours resumed joint drills and AMAN exercises.
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China used India-Pak conflict as testing ground for its new weapons: Report
The report also said that Chinese embassies publicly touted the 'success' of Beijing's weapons during the India-Pakistan clash and later pushed a disinformation drive aimed at undermining French Rafales to boost its own fighter jet sales.
According to a bipartisan American commission, China orchestrated a disinformation campaign aimed at damaging Rafale's sales after India used this French fighter against weapons of Chinese origin deployed by Pakistan. Last May, New Delhi engaged its Rafale as tensions with Islamabad intensified, following an armed attack in Kashmir. The reputation of the fighter aircraft, produced by Dassault Aviation, was seriously affected, notably after at le…
China conducted a disinformation campaign to harm Rafale's sales after India used the French-made combat aircraft against Chinese weapons deployed by Pakistan, said the Chinese...
China ran campaign to discredit French Rafale fighter after India-Pakistan conflict, US commission says
NEW DELHI - China ran a disinformation campaign to hurt sales of the French Rafale fighter jet after India used the planes in May for the first time against Chinese weapons deployed by its neighbour Pakistan, a bipartisan U.S. commission said this month in a report that the Chinese rejected as false information. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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