S-400 Saved 15 Cities From Pakistans Attack: Ex-Air Marshal

New Delhi: Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor (Retired) on Thursday stated that the S-400 missile machine has made a huge distinction all through the new tensions with Pakistan. In a self made video, Air Marshal Kapoor stated Pakistan attempted to focus on 15 Indian towns, however the S-400 machine, which India purchased in 2018 and gained in 2021, helped save you the assaults.

Kapoor defined that the S-400 can come across airplane, missiles, and drones and will also be deployed temporarily around the nation. The machine has a variety of 400 kilometres and will observe many goals concurrently.

Air Marshal Kapoor stated, “Pakistan tried to attack 15 of our cities saved by S-400, which was purchased in 2018 and delivered in 2021. It can detect aircraft, missiles, drones, and is fully deployable within minutes and has a range of 400 Kms… It can pick up targets… It is a versatile and mobile and has been deployed suitably all across the country… It was one of the purchases that made a huge difference in our latest skirmish with Pakistan…”

Indian Air Force S-400 Sudarshan Chakra air defence missile techniques had been fired on Wednesday evening in opposition to goals shifting in opposition to India. The operation effectively neutralised the goals. Earlier within the day, addressing the Ministry of External Affairs’ (MEA) press briefing, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi stated that India’s Integrated Counter-UAS Grid and Air Defence techniques effectively neutralised the threats.

Colonel Qureshi additional stated that according to Pakistan’s tried assaults, the Indian Armed Forces on Thursday morning centered more than one air defence radars and techniques throughout Pakistan.

“This morning, the Indian Armed Forces targeted Air Defence Radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan. Indian response has been in the same domain with same intensity as Pakistan. It has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence system at Lahore has been neutralised,” Colonel stated.

Speaking about Wednesday’s press briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’, Colonel Qureshi stated, “During the press briefing on operation Sindoor on 07 May 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 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,” Colonel Qureshi stated.

Following the fear assault in Pahalgam of Jammu and Kashmir in India on April 22, the Indian Armed Forces on Wednesday introduced ‘Operation Sindoor’, wearing out precision moves on 9 terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), days after the fatal terror assault in Pahalgam that killed 26 other folks.