India-Pakistan Conflict: Pakistan's armed forces carried out multiple strikes using drones and other munitions across the western border on the night of May 8-9, all of which were "effectively repulsed", the Indian Army said in a recent statement.
Pakistan Army launched around 400 drones in 36 locations from Leh to Sir Creek last night to target Indian military installations
"Pakistan violated Indian airspace to target our military installations on intervening night of May 8 and 9," Indian military stated in a briefing.
Colonel Sofia Qureshi confirmed that Pakistan launched around 300 to 400 drones, reportedly of Turkish origin, to target Indian cities. A drone attack on the Bathinda military base was foiled. Pakistan also used heavy artillery and drones in regions like Tangdhar, Uri, Poonch, Mendhar and Rajouri. Some Indian soldiers were also injured in the attacks.
Around 50 drones were shot down by air defence guns, while about 20 were neutralised using soft-kill measures. Most of the drones were unarmed, equipped with cameras likely transmitting footage back to ground stations. Indian air defence systems successfully eliminated nearly all drones capable of posing a threat to infrastructure, as per sources cited in a report by ANI.
"Pakistan did not close its civil airspace despite it launching a failed unprovoked drone and missile attack on 7 May at 8.30 hours in the evening. Pakistan is using civil airliner as a shield, knowing fully well that its attack on India would elicit a swift air defence response. This is not safe for the unsuspecting civil airliners including the international flights which were flying near IB between India and Pakistan," said Wing Commander Vyomika Singh during MEA Briefing.
"The screenshot we just showed, it shows the data of the application flight radar 24 during a high air defence alert situation in the Punjab sector. As you have seen, the airspace on the Indian side is absolutely devoid of civil air traffic due to our declared closure. However, there are civil airlines flying the air route between Karachi and Lahore," she added.
Pakistan even targeted places of worships, which marks a new low for the nation. For now, border tensions continue to remain escalated.
