Pakistan praised the performance of Chinese-made weapons used during its four-day clash with India in May, calling them “exceptionally effective", in a fresh endorsement of Beijing’s growing role as Islamabad’s primary defence supplier.

In an interview with Bloomberg , Pakistan’s military spokesperson Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said, “We are open to all sorts of technology. Of course, recent Chinese platforms have demonstrated exceptionally well."

The May confrontation reportedly marked Pakistan’s first large-scale combat deployment of advanced Chinese systems, including the J-10C fighter jets and PL-15 long-range air-to-air missiles.

Islamabad claimed its J-10Cs shot down multiple Indian aircraft, a claim New Delhi has consistently denied.

General Chaudhry said Pakistan had

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