Indien schießt die Flut pakistanischer Drohnen und Raketen, zerstört Lahore Air Defense System – News18

**Summary**:

India penetrated Pakistan’s air defence systems for two consecutive nights, exposing vulnerabilities in the neighbouring country’s security. The security forces dispatched drones into Pakistan’s biggest cities, including Lahore and Rawalpindi after [Islamabad made a failed attempt to damage the Indian radar system by sending loitering munitions](https://www.news18.com/india/dont-act-in-childish-way-india-warns-pakistan-against-circus-in-air-after-op-sindoor-ws-kl-9328525.html).

Pakistan’s Air Defence units of HQ-9 air defence missile launchers have suffered heavy damage. The Air Defence system deployed in Lahore has been neutralised, the Ministry of Defence said.

Indian missiles crossed the border without any trouble from Pakistan’s air defence system to strike terror camps in Punjab province on May 7.

India struck Pakistan’s defence unit after Islamabad 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 on the night of May 7-8. However, Pakistan’s attempts were neutralised by India’s 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,“ 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 so far.

In retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack, India launched a military operation to strike nine terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The government said that around 100 terrorists were killed in the strikes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan to review the security situation in view of prevailing tensions.

The only debris that was recovered and photographically verified on Indian territory was Indian S-300 missiles.

Oh, and shot down Rafales.