Will Pakistan’s new defence pact with Saudi Arabia give Chinese arms risk-free exposure?

For most military powers, proving the success of one’s technology in real combat almost always requires undertaking the grave risks of war and human casualties.
In the case of the People’s Liberation Army, Beijing continues to exercise great caution about joining any armed conflict, and the past few decades have brought astounding progress yet an extremely limited combat footprint for its weaponry.
The Iran war could change that.
As tensions around Iran persist, Pakistan, whose imported weapons…