MEA Press Convention As we speak: Underlining that Pakistan was utilizing civilian airways as a protect, India on Friday stated that Pakistan tried drone incursions in 36 places. “A swarm of 300-400 drones focused Indian places from Leh to Sir Creek,” International Secretary Vikram Misri stated throughout the federal government briefing.
International Secretary Misri, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh addressed the media a day after tensions between India and Pakistan sharply escalated, with the latter launching missiles and drones early on Thursday concentrating on 15 Indian navy installations within the northern and western sectors.
Elaborating on how India foiled Pakistan’s try to assault, the Military stated: “Our armed forces shot down many Pakistani drones utilizing kinetic and non-kinetic means…One Pakistani armed unmanned aerial car despatched to focus on Bhatinda navy station; the try was foiled,” the Military added.
Slamming Pakistan, Misri stated its “farcial denial of its makes an attempt to focus on installations in India is one other instance of its duplicity”. Misri emphasised that Indian armed forces responded proportionately and adequately and added that India launched armed drones at 4 air defence websites within the neighbouring nation and one drone destroyed an AD radar system.
Misri additionally debunked a number of claims emanating from Pakistan. In a stern assertion, Misri added: “The Gurudwara in Poonch, specifically, was attacked by Pakistan, and a few native members of the Sikh neighborhood misplaced their lives on this incident… A disinformation is coming from Pakistan of India concentrating on the Nankana Sahib Gurudwara by means of a drone assault. That is once more a lie and part of Pakistan’s disinformation marketing campaign.”
Following the in a single day assault by Pakistan, the Indian armed forces retaliated, concentrating on “air defence radars and techniques at quite a lot of places in Pakistan” and neutralising Lahore’s air defence system. Blackouts had been imposed in over 15 cities, from Srinagar to Chandigarh to Bhuj. The Ministry of Defence late Thursday stated that there have been no casualties or materials, and the menace was “neutralised” utilizing kinetic or non-kinetic means.
In its earlier press briefing on Operation Sindoor, held on Might 7, India had stated that its strategy was “centered” and “non-escalatory”, mentioning that no Pakistani navy institutions had been focused within the strikes.
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“On the night time of 07-08 Might 2025, Pakistan tried to interact quite a lot of navy targets in Northern and Western India together with Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj, utilizing drones and missiles. These had been neutralised by the Built-in Counter UAS Grid and Air Defence techniques,” the briefing said.
International Secretary Misri additionally identified that the Might 7 counter-offensive was solely a retaliation to the Pakistan-backed terror assault in Kashmir’s Pahalgam and that India’s strategy had been “focused, exact, and measured”.
“Our strategy is to not escalate the scenario, we solely responded to the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault,” he stated.“Pakistan escalated the scenario, we solely responded. Selection is with Pakistan,” Misri additional added.
With PTI inputs
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