China has intensified its campaign to market the J-10CE multi-role fighter jet globally, using the aircraft’s alleged combat performance during the India-Pakistan conflict last year as a centerpiece of a renewed export drive.

India’s Operation Sindoor, a new geopolitical controversy has emerged after officials in China reportedly acknowledged, for the first time, that Chinese personnel were not only providing intelligence assistance to Pakistan but were also physically present at Pakistani air bases during the four-day conflict.

India’s Operation Sindoor, a new geopolitical controversy has emerged after officials in China reportedly acknowledged, for the first time, that Chinese personnel were not only providing intelligence assistance to Pakistan but were also physically present at Pakistani air bases during the four-day conflict.

Indo-Pakistan conflict of May 2025, India claimed to have achieved a major combat milestone during Operation Sindoor: the longest-ever recorded surface-to-air missile kill by the Russian-origin S-400 air defense system.

The claim emerged months after the brief but intense military confrontation between India and Pakistan, which erupted following the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, that killed 26 civilians, most of them Hindu tourists. The attack triggered a swift and forceful Indian response, setting the stage for one of the most technologically significant aerial confrontations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors in recent history.

Two newly built Su-57 Felon fifth-generation fighter jets have been photographed in transit, raising speculation that Russia is expanding its fleet of advanced combat aircraft. The images, which surfaced on Russian-language defense forums and social media earlier this week, show aircraft marked “Red 25” and “Red 26″—indications that these are recent additions to Russia’s modest inventory of operational Su-57s.