Pak Assaults Once more: Drones Intercepted In A number of Locations, Explosion In Pokhran
A swarm of drones from Pakistan was noticed in Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Punjab on Friday night, stated sources within the Military, including that they’re being engaged amid rising escalation between India and Pakistan.
Drones had been sighted in Jammu, Samba (in J&Okay), Pathankot and Ferozepur (in Punjab) and Jaisalmer, (in Rajasthan). A number of explosions, together with in Barmer and Pokhran, have additionally been heard in these areas.
In the meantime in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meet with the highest defence institution to take inventory of the safety scenario. The Prime Minister met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Nationwide Safety Advisor Ajit Doval, and the three service chiefs and the Chief of Defence Workers to strategise over the longer term plan of action.
Pakistan on Thursday evening launched a sequence of coordinated drone and missile assaults alongside India’s western border, concentrating on a number of areas. Defence officers stated the assaults had been intercepted by India’s air defence methods, together with the S-400 missile defence system, stopping vital injury.
“On the evening of Might 7 and eight, the Pakistani military violated Indian airspace a number of instances over your complete western border to focus on navy infrastructure. Not solely this, the Pakistani military additionally fired heavy-calibre weapons alongside the Line of Management. Round 300 to 400 drones had been used to aim infiltration at 36 areas,” stated the federal government.
“The attainable goal of such large-scale aerial intrusions was to check air defence methods and acquire intelligence. Forensic investigation of the wreckage of the drones is being performed. Preliminary studies counsel that they’re Turkish Asisguard Songar drones…” the federal government added.
Tensions between the 2 neighbours soared considerably following India’s Operation Sindoor on early Wednesday in response to the Pahalgam assault on April 22 that had cross-border linkages and claimed 26 lives.
Jammu metropolis plunged into darkness after blasts had been heard and alarms sounded, officers stated.
The blasts come amid ongoing shelling by Pakistan following India’s strike on terror hideouts within the nation earlier this week as a part of Operation Sindoor.
“Intermittent sounds of blasts, most likely heavy artillery, can now be heard from the place I’m,” Chief Minister Omar Abdullah stated in a submit on X.
Blackout in Jammu now. Sirens may be heard throughout the town. pic.twitter.com/TE0X2LYzQ8
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) Might 9, 2025
He additionally posted an image of the town in darkness, captioning the submit as, “Blackout in Jammu now. Sirens may be heard throughout the town.”
“It is my earnest enchantment to everybody in & round Jammu please keep off the streets, keep at house or on the nearest place you’ll be able to comfortably keep at for the following few hours. Ignore rumours, do not unfold unsubstantiated or unverified tales & we are going to get by way of this collectively,” the Chief Minister added.
