India’s military operation, ‘Op Sindoor’ is back in the spotlight following a US congressional panel report, alleging that China used the May clash between India and Pakistan as a live testing ground for its latest military hardware. The report claims that the four-day confrontation, sparked by the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians, gave Beijing, a unique opportunity to collect real-time combat data while avoiding direct involvement in the escalation.

According to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, China viewed the May 7-10 hostilities as a strategic opening rather than a distant crisis. “Beijing opportunistically leveraged the conflict to test and advertise the sophistication of its weapons, useful in the context of its ongoing border tensions with India

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