India neutralised Pakistan Air Defence System in Lahore: Govt

New Delhi: Indian Armed Forces successfully thwarted Pakistan’s attempts to present consideration to vital militia installations in assorted locations in India, the Ministry of Defence told on Thursday. Eventually of the Ministry of External Affairs press briefing, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi told that Islamabad tried a substantial-scale drone and missile attack on diverse militia installations in the end of northern and western India in the end of the evening of May 7–8, which modified into once thwarted successfully. She additionally said that an Air Defence plan at Lahore modified into once neutralised in the end of the militia response.

Colonel Qureshi added that India’s Integrated Counter-UAS Grid and Air Defence systems destroyed drones and missiles successfully.

Based on the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, which claimed 26 lives, the Indian Armed Forces initiated “Operation Sindoor” on Wednesday.

“This morning, the Indian Armed Forces targeted Air Defence Radars and systems at a vary of locations in Pakistan. Indian response has been in the linked enviornment with linked depth as Pakistan. It has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence plan at Lahore has been neutralised,” she said.

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Speaking about Wednesday’s press briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’, Colonel Qureshi said, “Eventually of the click briefing on operation Sindoor on 07 May 2025, India had called its response as centered, measured and non-escalatory. It modified into once particularly talked about that Pakistani militia institutions had no longer been targeted. It modified into once additionally reiterated that any attack on militia targets in India will invite a honest response.”

“On the evening of 07-08 May 2025, Pakistan tried to contain interplay a vary of militia targets in Northern and Western India including Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj, the usage of drones and missiles. These had been neutralised by the Integrated Counter UAS Grid and Air Defence systems. The debris of these assaults is now being recovered from a vary of locations that notify the Pakistani assaults,” Colonel Qureshi said.

Based on a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April twenty 2nd, which claimed 26 lives, the Indian Armed Forces initiated “Operation Sindoor” on Wednesday. This operation concerned targeted strikes against nine suspected terrorist camps located in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

“Our actions were centered, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani militia products and companies were targeted. India has demonstrated appreciable restraint in sequence of targets and manner of execution, the Ministry of Defence had said.

Following Operation Sindoor, a series of Indian militia strikes against alleged terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the Indian executive held an all-celebration meeting on Thursday to substitute political leaders on the risk. The operation, performed Wednesday morning, modified into once a response to the April twenty 2nd Pahalgam terrorist attack.

The central executive called an all-celebration meeting relating to Operation Sindoor at the Parliament Annexe building today time. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh briefed political events relating to the actions taken by the India on unsuitable-border terrorism.

The vital meeting on Operation Sindoor modified into once attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister JP Nadda Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi and diverse political leaders.

(With ANI inputs)