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A Chinese-made PL-15 missile fired by Pakistan misfired and landed unexploded in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, on the night of May 8-9 following multiple drone and munition attacks along the western border.
So much for the “iron-clad” alliance—Pakistan pulled the trigger, and China delivered a dud. In a comedy of errors masquerading as military might, a Pakistan Air Force JF-17 fired a Chinese PL-15 missile at Indian jets on Thursday night, only for the so-called precision weapon to belly-flop into a field in near Hoshiarpur, Punjab, unexploded and unbothered.
The misfire occurred on the intervening night of May 8-9 after Pakistan launched multiple drone and munition-based attacks along the western border. According to the Indian Army, all attacks were “effectively repulsed” as Operation Sindoor continues to showcase India's military precision on the global stage.
The PL-15 long range air-to-air missile misfire also comes after India decisively neutralised a Chinese-supplied HQ-9B air defence system in Lahore in response to Pakistan's escalations on Wednesday night. Two days, two Chinese weapon failures—one fried, one fizzled. The so-called “all-weather friendship” between China and Pakistan seems to have been built on weapons that don’t work in any weather.
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The developments came in the wake of precision missile strikes by the Indian armed forces early Wednesday, targeting nine terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under Operation Sindoor, launched in response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam. The Ministry of Defence on Thursday reiterated that any attack on military sites in India will invite a "suitable response".
As India asserts its dominance with precise strikes and technological superiority, Pakistan is left clutching Chinese hardware that performs more like props than weapons. From dud missiles to destroyed defence systems, the so-called “iron brothers” seem to be forging failure rather than firepower.
