India Foils Pakistani Missile Attacks, Neutralises Air Defence System In Lahore: Defence Ministry

Indo-Pak Tension: India’s Defence Ministry on Thursday mentioned that its Armed Forces centered Air Defence Radars and methods at quite a few places in Pakistan in line with Pakistan’s in a single day provocation. The defence ministry mentioned that Indian reaction has been within the ‘similar area with similar depth as Pakistan’. Pakistan has showed drone assaults around the nation at 9 key places Lahore, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Chakwal, Attock, Bahawalpur, Mianwali, Chhor, and Karachi. Pakistan’s DG ISPR, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif mentioned that the assault was once performed the usage of Heron Drones through India.

“It has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence system at Lahore has been neutralised. Pakistan has increased the 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,” mentioned the Defence Ministry.

The Defence Ministry mentioned that Pakistan attempted to assault a couple of civilian spaces throughout the intervening evening of May 7 and May 8. “On the night of 07-08 May 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,” mentioned the Defence Ministry.

The Defence Ministry reiterated that throughout the Press Briefing on ‘Operation SINDOOR’ on 07 May 2025, India had referred to as its reaction as targeted, measured and non-escalatory underneath which it centered 9 terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. “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,” mentioned the Ministry.

India had performed ‘Operation Sindoor’ to avenge the killings of 26 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam through Pakistan-backed terrorists on April 22. Since then, Pakistan were violating ceasefire in civilian spaces killing blameless other people. “Sixteen innocent lives have been lost, including three women and five children, due to Pakistani firing. Here too, India was compelled to respond to bring Mortar and Artillery fire from Pakistan to a halt. Indian Armed Forces reiterate their commitment to non-escalation, provided it is respected by the Pakistani military,” mentioned the Defence Ministry, confirming that India would once more hit exhausting if provoked.