NEW DELHI: The ministry of exterior affairs mentioned on Friday that the Indian armed forces responded “proportionately, adequately, and responsibly” to Pakistan’s provocative drone and artillery assaults on Thursday night time. Additionally they added that India in its retaliatory motion launched armed drones at 4 Pakistani defence websites and destroyed its AD radar.The response adopted Pakistan’s large-scale violation of Indian airspace on the night time of Could 7 and eight, when it launched lots of of drones and heavy artillery throughout the Line of Management (LoC) and Worldwide Border.Colonel Sofiya Qureshi defined the character of the assault: “On the night time of Could 7 and eight, the Pakistani military violated Indian airspace a number of instances over all the western border with the intention of focusing on army infrastructure. Not solely this, the Pakistani military additionally fired heavy caliber weapons alongside the Line of Management. Round 300 to 400 drones had been used to aim infiltration at 36 places. The Indian armed forces shot down many of those drones utilizing kinetic and non-kinetic means. The doable objective of such large-scale aerial intrusions was to check air defence programs and accumulate intelligence. Forensic investigation of the wreckage of the drones is being completed. Preliminary reviews recommend that they’re Turkish Asisguard Songar drones…”India’s response included focused drone strikes on Pakistani defence positions. Wing Commander Vyomika Singh mentioned: “In response to the Pakistani assault, armed drones had been launched at 4 air defence websites in Pakistan. One of many drones was in a position to destroy an AD radar. Pakistan additionally carried out artillery shelling throughout the road of management utilizing heavy-calibre artillery weapons and armed drones… which resulted in some losses and accidents to Indian military personnel. Pakistan military additionally suffered main losses in Indian retaliatory fireplace.”International Secretary Vikram Misri strongly criticised Pakistan’s misadventure and its makes an attempt to disclaim involvement: “These provocative and escalatory actions taken by Pakistan final night time had been focused at Indian cities and civilian infrastructure along with army institutions. Indian armed forces responded proportionately, adequately, and responsibly… The official and blatantly farsical denial of those assaults that Pakistan carried out, by the Pakistani state equipment is one other instance of their duplicity and the brand new depths, they’re plumbing to…”India’s motion was a part of ‘Operation Sindoor‘, a counter-terror operation launched on Could 7. It focused 9 terror launchpads in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). This operation adopted the lethal terror assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, which claimed 26 lives.