NEW DELHI: India faced three adversaries on just one border during Operation Sindoor , with Pakistan being actively supported by China and Turkiye, a top Army officer said on Friday, adding that Beijing was even providing Islamabad with "live" satellite inputs on Indian military movements and deployments.
"We had one border and two adversaries, actually three. Pakistan was in the front. China was providing all possible support," Army deputy chief (capability development & sustenance) Lt Gen Rahul R Singh said at a seminar on 'New Age Military Technologies' organised by Ficci. "This is no surprise because 81% of military hardware that Pakistan is getting is all Chinese. China, of course, (followed) the good old dictum, kill with a borrowed knife... So, he (sic) would rather use the neighbour to cause pain than get involved in the mudslinging match on the northern borders," he added.
The deep Pakistan-China military collusiveness was reinforced during the cross-border hostilities from May 7 to 10, with Islamabad using a wide array of Chinese weapons and sensor-shooter networks, ranging from J-10 fighters firing the PL-15 beyond visual range air-to-air missiles to HQ-9 air defence missile batteries, as reported by TOI earlier.
Lt Gen Singh, on his part, said China was able to test its weapons against those used by India during the conflict. "So, it's like a live lab available to them. It is something that we have to be very cognizant about," he said.
"Turkiye also played an important role in providing the type of support it did," he added. Pakistan, for instance, extensively used Turkish-origin Byker Yiha III kamikaze drones and Asisguard Songar drones during the conflict.
The senior officer said crucial lessons among the multiple ones to be learned from Operation Sindoor include the need for an effective C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), a more robust air defence network and civil-military fusion.
The candid remarks come after Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan, speaking in Singapore on May 31, downplayed China's role in the conflict. While Pakistan may have leveraged Chinese commercial satellite imagery, there is "no proof of real-time targeting support" provided by Beijing, the CDS had said.
'Pak was getting live inputs about India from China'
Pointing to China using its extensive satellite network to monitor Indian military movements, Lt Gen Singh said, "When the DGMO-level talks were on, Pakistan actually was mentioning that we know that your such and such vector is primed and ready for action, and we would request you to perhaps pull it back. So, he (sic) was getting live inputs from China." Lt Gen Singh also pointed out Indian population centres were not quite at risk during Operation Sindoor. "In the next round, we'll have to be prepared for that."
"We had one border and two adversaries, actually three. Pakistan was in the front. China was providing all possible support," Army deputy chief (capability development & sustenance) Lt Gen Rahul R Singh said at a seminar on 'New Age Military Technologies' organised by Ficci. "This is no surprise because 81% of military hardware that Pakistan is getting is all Chinese. China, of course, (followed) the good old dictum, kill with a borrowed knife... So, he (sic) would rather use the neighbour to cause pain than get involved in the mudslinging match on the northern borders," he added.
The deep Pakistan-China military collusiveness was reinforced during the cross-border hostilities from May 7 to 10, with Islamabad using a wide array of Chinese weapons and sensor-shooter networks, ranging from J-10 fighters firing the PL-15 beyond visual range air-to-air missiles to HQ-9 air defence missile batteries, as reported by TOI earlier.
Lt Gen Singh, on his part, said China was able to test its weapons against those used by India during the conflict. "So, it's like a live lab available to them. It is something that we have to be very cognizant about," he said.
"Turkiye also played an important role in providing the type of support it did," he added. Pakistan, for instance, extensively used Turkish-origin Byker Yiha III kamikaze drones and Asisguard Songar drones during the conflict.
The senior officer said crucial lessons among the multiple ones to be learned from Operation Sindoor include the need for an effective C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), a more robust air defence network and civil-military fusion.
The candid remarks come after Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan, speaking in Singapore on May 31, downplayed China's role in the conflict. While Pakistan may have leveraged Chinese commercial satellite imagery, there is "no proof of real-time targeting support" provided by Beijing, the CDS had said.
'Pak was getting live inputs about India from China'
Pointing to China using its extensive satellite network to monitor Indian military movements, Lt Gen Singh said, "When the DGMO-level talks were on, Pakistan actually was mentioning that we know that your such and such vector is primed and ready for action, and we would request you to perhaps pull it back. So, he (sic) was getting live inputs from China." Lt Gen Singh also pointed out Indian population centres were not quite at risk during Operation Sindoor. "In the next round, we'll have to be prepared for that."
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