Pakistan’s bid to hit 15 Indian locations with drones, missiles was foiled, says New Delhi

Pakistan’s attempt to use drones and missiles to target Indian military installations in 15 towns and cities on Wednesday night was neutralised by Indian forces, stated India’s Ministry of Defence on Thursday.

The locations that were targeted were Awantipora, Jammu and Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur and Bathinda in Punjab, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi and Uttarlai in Rajasthan, and Bhuj in Gujarat.

The drones and missiles were destroyed by unmanned aircraft systems and defence systems, and their debris was being collected, said the ministry.

This came after the Indian military on Wednesday carried out strikes on what it claimed were terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. Nine sites were targeted under Operation Sindoor.

The Pakistan Army retaliated by shelling Indian villages along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Sixteen persons were killed in the firing, according to the Ministry of Defence.

It said that the Indian military on Thursday morning targeted air defence radars and systems at several locations in Pakistan. “It has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence system at Lahore has been neutralised.”

Hours earlier, the Pakistani Army claimed it shot down 25 Indian drones that entered its airspace since Wednesday night, Al-Jazeera reported. Pakistan military spokesperson Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry claimed...

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