The Indian military neutralised fresh targets within Pakistan — including the Air Defence system at Lahore — overnight amid continued firing along the Line of Control. The Defence Ministry said it had also taken down several drones and missiles after Islamabad tried to engage a number of military targets in northern India. The developments came less than a day after New Delhi launched precision strikes against nine terror camps in the other country as retaliation for the deadly Pahalgam attack.
“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. 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,” explained a Defence Ministry statement.
The defence ministry said the Pakistani military attempted last night to target Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj.
These attempts were neutralised by the Integrated Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (Grid and Air Defence systems), it said.
The Pakistani attempt came after Indian armed forces early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan under Operation Sindoor.
The defence ministry said India called its anti-terror response as “focused, measured and non-escalatory” and 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,” it said.
“Today morning 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 the same intensity as Pakistan,” the ministry said in a readout.
“It has been reliably learnt that an air defence system at Lahore has been neutralised,” it said.
The ministry said 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.
“Sixteen innocent lives have been lost, including three women and five children, due to Pakistani firing,” the ministry said.