The Indian military took merely 23 minutes to break through Pakistani air defence systems last week as Operation Sindoor commenced. The Chinese-supplied systems had crumbled rapidly under the onslaught — with authorities reporting earlier that air defence systems in Lahore and other locations had been ‘neutralised’.
“Indian Air Force bypassed and jammed Pakistan’s Chinese-supplied air defence systems, completing the mission in just 23 minutes, demonstrating India’s technological edge…All strikes were executed without loss of Indian assets, underscoring the effectiveness of our surveillance, planning, and delivery systems,” explained an official update.
Air Defence systems are used to detect, track, and neutralise threats. They use a network of radars, control centres, artillery, and both aircraft- and ground-based missiles.
The PIB release also highlighted the Indian strikes against two key Pakistani airbases — Noor Khan and Rahimyar Khan — that were dismantled with surgical precision. The statement further explained that loitering munitions had been used with “devastating effect” to find and destroy high-value targets, including enemy radar and missile systems.
New Delhi had intercepted and neutralised swarms of Pakistani drones during the four-day intense military confrontation. The armed forces had also deployed Barak-8 missiles, S-400 Triumph air defence systems, Akash surface-to-air missiles and indigenously developed anti-drone equipment — successfully defeating Pakistani attempts to hit 15 Indian cities on the night of May 7.