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Addressing a high-level press briefing, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh acknowledged, “On the intervening evening of Could 8 and 9, the Pakistan army violated Indian airspace throughout the western frontier with the intent to focus on strategic army infrastructure.”
The drone incursions, tried from Leh to Sir Creek, marked one of the vital intensive aerial intrusions in current reminiscence.
“These drones have been doubtless used to check India’s air defence techniques and collect delicate intelligence,” Singh added.
The Pakistani army additionally engaged in heavy-caliber artillery shelling alongside the Line of Management (LoC), focusing on a number of sectors together with Sunderbani, Uri, Poonch, Mendhar, Rajouri, Akhnoor, and Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir.
Throughout the identical evening, an armed Pakistani UAV tried to strike the Bathinda army station however was swiftly intercepted and neutralised by Indian forces.
India retaliated with precision, launching armed drones that focused 4 Pakistani air defence websites. “One in every of our drones efficiently destroyed a Pakistani air defence radar,” the officers confirmed.
Talking alongside International Secretary Vikram Misri and Colonel Sofia Qureshi, Singh emphasised that Pakistan additionally suffered vital losses in India’s counter-attacks.
The escalation comes within the backdrop of heightened tensions following the Pahalgam terror assault, which killed 26 civilians. India has since launched Operation Sindoor, a tri-service strike focusing on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Officers mentioned additional investigations are ongoing, and India stays on excessive alert amid issues of continued cross-border aggression.
