Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Tuesday, May 12, said that countries that position themselves as responsible global actors must reflect whether supporting the protection of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan could affect their reputation and standing.
Jaiswal’s comments came in response to reports regarding China’s support to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor last year, IANS reported.
Addressing the weekly media briefing in the national capital, the MEA spokesperson said, “We have seen reports that corroborate what was known earlier. Operation Sindoor was a precise, targetted and calibrated response to the terrorist attacks in Pahalgam, aimed at destroying state-sponsored terrorist infrastructure operating out of Pakistan and at its behest… It is for nations who consider themselves responsible to reflect whether supporting attempts to protect terrorist infrastructure affects their reputation and standing”.
According to reports, during the last year’s conflict, India’s indigenously developed weapons systems were pitted against Chinese-supplied platforms fielded by Pakistan.
US urban warfare expert John Spencer has highlighted the matter in an extensive analysis titled ‘India’s Operation Sindoor: A Battlefield Verdict on Chinese Weapons — And India’s Victory’.
Spencer said that Operation Sindoor was not just a military campaign and rather a technology demonstration, a market signal, and a strategic blueprint.
“India showed the world what self-reliance in modern warfare looks like — and proved that ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ works under fire,” wrote Spencer, who is currently the Chair of War Studies at Madison Policy Forum and Executive Director of the Urban Warfare Project.
Further, Spencer said that Pakistan’s “proxy dependency” was no match to India’s “sovereign power” during Operation Sindoor that demolished terror infrastructure deep inside Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack.
“India fought as a sovereign power — wielding precision tools it designed, built, and deployed with unmatched battlefield control. Pakistan fought as a proxy force, dependent on Chinese hardware that was built for export, not for excellence. When challenged, these systems failed — exposing the strategic hollowness behind Islamabad’s defence posture,” Spencer wrote.
This comes after India marked the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor, which was a decisive military action carried out by Indian armed forces in May 2025 against terror infrastructures and terrorists across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan, following the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, 2025.