Even as Pakistan's growing reliance on China-made weapon systems and platforms along with those from Türkiye has been well-documented for and amid reports that Pakistan deployed a wide range of advanced weaponry, primarily sourced from China, alongside some Western-origin systems in the recent military conflict with India, a Pakistani top military official has come out with an outlandish claim.
According to General Sahir Burkabal Shamshad Mirza, the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), Pakistan—which imports over 80 per cent of its weapons from China—relied solely on home-grown weapon systems and resources during the recent military conflict with India in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack.
"Pakistan has purchased some military equipment from other countries, but apart from that, in real time, the country relied solely on its internal capabilities and did not receive any help from any other state," General Mirza was quoted as saying to a foreign broadcaster.
According to him, the weapon systems used by his country were "certainly similar" to those that are available in India.
Recently, retired United States Army officer and researcher of urban warfare John W. Spencer had observed that Operation Sindoor pitted India’s indigenously developed weapons systems against Chinese-supplied platforms fielded by Pakistan and added that " India didn’t just win on the battlefield—it won the technology referendum."
Pakistan fought as a proxy force, dependent on Chinese hardware that was built for export, not for excellence, Spencer had said.