New Delhi / Washington, D.C: A recent report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) alleges that China used the India–Pakistan conflict in May 2025 as a “real-world field experiment” to test and showcase its newest military technologies — a claim that has raised serious strategic concerns.

According to the commission’s annual report to the U.S. Congress, Beijing “opportunistically leveraged” the four-day escalation (May 7–10), during which both India and Pakistan exchanged missile strikes, drone attacks and air sorties, to assess how its advanced systems fare in active combat. ADVERTISEMENT

First combat use of modern chinese platforms

“While characterization of this conflict as a “proxy war” may overstate China’s role as an instigator, Beijing

opportunistica

See Full Page