Battle-tested: China is closing the gap in high-tech weaponry

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  The Economist.

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  A couple of decades ago, Chinese weapons tended to be low-tech copies of old Soviet designs.

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  But that's changed.

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  In the conflict between India and Pakistan in May,

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  the Pakistani side deployed an array of sophisticated fighter jets, missiles and,

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  crucially, information systems that allowed them to work together,

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  and almost all of it was designed and made by China.

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  That's good news for those buying Chinese weapons,

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  and bad news for countries who might find themselves staring down the barrel of a Chinese gun.

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  I'm Jeremy Page, the Economist's Asia Diplomatic Editor,

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  and I'm joined by Shashank Joshi, our Defence Editor.

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  Today we're asking, what role did Chinese weapons play in the latest India-Pakistan conflict?

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  And what might that mean for the future of warfare?

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  in Asia and beyond.

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  This is Drum Tower from The Economist.

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  So Shashen, great to have you back on Drum Tower.

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  I think I last saw you in Singapore and we've just been reporting on a security conference and you were off in the hunt of some well-earned Singaporean street food.

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  That's right, yes.

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  We had a fantastic conference.

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  You know, these conferences brilliant journalistic hunting grounds for us, aren't they?

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