Operation Sindoor

Pakistan attempted to target military infra with 300-400 drones across 36 locations from Leh in the North to Sir Creek in Gujarat. Many of them were neutralised. The govt reckons that they were meant to test the Indian air defence systems and collect intelligence

- MAYANK SINGH @New Delhi

OPERATIONAL details shared by the government on Friday showed the massive scale of Pakistan's incursion the previous night, as it deployed 300-400 drones across 36 locations from Leh in the North to the Sir Creek region in Gujarat.

While the UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) attempted to target the military infrastructure, Indian forces neutralised many of them using kinetic (blowing them away) and non-kinetic (jamming) means, a defence ministry spokesperson said. An armed drone strike on Bhatinda in Punjab was also thwarted. India retaliated by launching drone strikes on four Pakistani air defence sites, destroying a radar.