DG ISPR: Chinese weapons did ‘exceptionally well’ during conflict with India

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said that Chinese-made weapon systems used during Pakistan’s four-day military confrontation with India in May performed "exceptionally" well.

Speaking to Bloomberg in an interview conducted last week and published on Monday, Lt Gen Chaudhry remarked, “Of course lately, recent Chinese platforms, they’ve demonstrated exceptionally well.” He added that Pakistan remained “open to all sorts of technology,” suggesting continued willingness to diversify its defense procurement.

According to the ISPR chief, Pakistan’s tally of Indian aircraft shot down during the conflict has now increased to seven, up from the previously reported six.

In the same context, US President Donald Trump also referenced the brief war, recounting how he had engaged with both countries during the active conflict that saw “seven aircraft shot down.”

Rejecting Indian assertions, Lt Gen Chaudhry stated that Pakistan had not lost any of its own planes. “Pakistan has never tried to play with figures and facts,” he said.

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The May confrontation was the most intense military exchange between the two nuclear-armed neighbors in nearly five decades, involving aerial dogfights, drone strikes, missile attacks, artillery exchanges, and small-arms fire along the border. The fighting erupted after gunmen killed 26 civilians in Indian Illegally-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on April 22 — an attack India blamed on Pakistan, a charge Islamabad denied.

The conflict marked the largest real-world deployment of Chinese military hardware in recent history, featuring the J-10C fighter jet and PL-15 air-to-air missile in combat for the first time. The performance of these systems has drawn regional attention, especially from China’s strategic competitors, as Beijing expands its defense capabilities and regional influence.

Indian defense officials claimed that Pakistan also used Chinese satellite and radar support during the hostilities, according to a Ministry of Defence assessment released in May.