New Delhi, July 5 -- Deputy Chief of Army Staff (CD&S) Lt General Rahul R Singh today highlighted the growing military cooperation betweenPakistanandChinaas a key concern emerging from Operation Sindoor, calling it a strategic challenge forIndia.

Addressing the conference-cum-exhibition on 'New Age Military Technologies', organised by FICCI here, Lt Gen Singh said, "We had one border and two adversaries - actually three.Pakistanwas in the front, whileChinaprovided all possible support."

He described the alliance as "unsurprising", stating thatChinawould rather kill with a borrowed knife than engage directly.

"In the last five years, 81 percent ofPakistan's military hardware is sourced fromChina," Lt Gen Singh said, while highlightingBeij...