Forces Hit Pak Air Defence Again, Blunt Drone Attacks

Hours after India announced it had targeted four air defence sites in Pakistan with armed drones, destroying a radar system, Pakistani drones were sighted over Jammu, Samba, and Pathankot Friday night and were engaged by the armed forces.

- BHASWAR KUMAR

India's strikes earlier on Friday had come in response to the Pakistan military's multiple failed violations of Indian airspace along the entire western border, aimed at targeting military infrastructure on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.

Friday night's provocation marked the third such aerial attack by Pakistan in as many nights.

At a briefing Friday evening on the ongoing Operation Sindoor, the Indian Army's Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, the Indian Air Force's (IAF's) Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri outlined the magnitude of Pakistan's infiltration of Thursday night and India's response.

Wing Commander Singh said Pakistan attempted intrusions at 36 locations along the International Border and the Line of Control (LoC)—stretching from Leh in Ladakh to Sir Creek in Gujarat—using 300-400 drones.