Mysuru, July 6 -- Senior journalist Vishnu Som of a national news channel has claimed that China used Pakistan as a testing ground to evaluate the performance of its fourth-generation fighter jets in the wake of India's Operation Sindoor military campaign.

Speaking at a session on Day-1 of the two-day 9th edition of the Mysuru Literature Festival, organised by the Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Clubs Charitable Trust at Hotel Southern Star in city yesterday, Som explored the regional strategic landscape in a talk titled 'Operation Sindoor and Escalation Matrix: How Close Were India and Pakistan to Full-Blown War?'

Som stated that China's military capabilities should not be underestimated, adding that Beijing pose...