Pakistan’s attempts late on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning to attack 15 Indian targets received a befitting reply from Indian Armed forces.
Attempts to escalate tension with India by targeting military installations in 15 cities in the northern and western parts of the country including Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Gujarat, were thwarted, the government stated on Thursday.
The government said Indian forces responded by targeting and neutralising Pakistani Air Defence Radars and systems in several locations, including Lahore, in response to Pak attempts to attack military facilities in Srinagar, Pathankot, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, and other locations.
Indian forces’ response, the government underlined this afternoon, was “in the same domain (and) with the same intensity” as the attacks launched by Pakistan. Pak forces used drones and missiles that were disabled by India’s air defence systems.
Debris from the destroyed drones and missiles is being collected, the government said, and will add to the volume of evidence supporting India’s charges that Pakistan, or the Pak deep state, supports cross-border terrorism targeting India, whether by financial funding or military training.
Attempted military action against India comes a day after Indian armed forces’ carried out precision strikes at four terrorist camps in Pak and five in Pak-occupied Kashmir, or PoK.
During the Press Briefing on Operation SINDOOR on May 07, 2025, India had called its response as focused, measured and non-escalatory. It was specifically mentioned that Pakistani military establishments had not been targeted.
It was also reiterated that any attack on military targets in India will invite a suitable response.
On the night of May 07 and 08, 2025, Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets in Northern and Western India including Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj, using drones and missiles.
These were neutralised by the Integrated Counter UAS Grid and Air Defence systems.
The debris of these attacks is now being recovered from a number of locations that prove the Pakistani attacks.
The official statement mentioned that on Thursday morning Indian Armed Forces targeted Air Defence Radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan.
Pakistan had increased intensity of its unprovoked firing across the Line of Control using Mortars and heavy calibre Artillery in areas in Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri, Poonch, Mendhar and Rajouri sectors in Jammu and Kashmir.
Sixteen innocent lives had been lost, including three women and five children, due to Pakistani firing.
Indian Armed Forces reiterate their commitment to non-escalation, provided it is respected by the Pakistani military.
