Pakistan, Sept. 8 -- Pakistan's military has displayed an air defence system resembling China's HQ-17A platform. The system appeared in an official promotional video released by the military. As a result, its appearance highlights growing defence cooperation between Pakistan and China.

The six-wheeled vehicle appeared briefly in footage shared Monday. Meanwhile, it carried a large rectangular radar array on its upper section. Pakistan did not identify the system in the video. However, Bloomberg reported that analysts noticed similarities with China's HQ-17A.

Tianran Xu, a senior analyst at Open Nuclear Network, examined the vehicle's features. According to Xu, its design resembles the Chinese HQ-17A system. In addition, China developed ...