Pakistan Targets Amritsar’s Golden Temple, However India’s Air Defence Saves The Day | This is How | India Information

Operation Sindoor: After the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor, hitting 9 terrorist strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the Islamic State had engaged in an air assault focusing on Amritsar’s Golden Temple. 

Chatting with the information company ANI, Main Basic Kartik C Seshadri, Basic Officer Commanding (GOC) 15 Infantry Division, knowledgeable that within the try to focus on the Golden Temple, Pakistan engaged in an air assault with aerial weapons, together with drones and long-range missiles. This try was “anticipated” and foiled by the Indian Military.  

“Realizing that the Pakistan Military doesn’t have any professional targets, we anticipated that they might goal Indian army installations, civilian targets, together with non secular locations. Of those, the Golden Temple gave the impression to be essentially the most distinguished. We mobilised further trendy air defence property to provide a holistic air defence umbrella cowl to Golden Temple,” Main Basic Seshadri mentioned.

Indian forces had been alert, and the military air defence gunners “thwarted” the Pakistan Military’s try and shot down all drones and missiles focused on the Golden Temple. 

“On eighth Might early morning, within the midnights, Pakistan carried out a large air assault with unmanned aerial weapons, primarily drones and long-range missiles. We had been totally ready since we had anticipated this, and our courageous coronary heart and alert military air defence gunners thwarted Pakistan Military’s nefarious designs and shot down all drones and missiles focused on the Golden Temple. Thus, not permitting even a scratch to come back on our holy Golden Temple,” the GOC added.

A ugly terrorist assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam claimed 26 lives, and consequently, India introduced a sequence of diplomatic and punitive measures towards Pakistan, together with suspension of the Indus Water Treaty of 1960, declaring The Defence, Army, Naval and Air Advisors within the Pakistani Excessive Fee in New Delhi as Persona Non Grata. Ships bearing Pakistani flags had been additionally barred from visiting any Indian port. Following this, the Operation Sindoor was launched. 

Main Basic Seshadri continued that in Operation Sindoor, “befitting” strikes had been carried out on terror targets; altogether 9 websites had been hit. 

“Consequent to the Pak Military-sponsored dastardly terrorist assault on harmless vacationers, each home and worldwide, the nation’s anger underneath in a position management took the type of Operation Sindoor, whereby befitting punitive strikes had been carried out on unique terror targets. 9 targets had been hit. Of the 9 targets, seven had been completely destroyed by the Indian Military,” Seshadri mentioned. 

The Main Basic added that the Indian Armed Forces focused a number of websites with “absolute precision” in the course of the Operation and struck areas like Muridke and Bahawalpur.

“Of those (9) targets, Muridke, which is in proximity to Lahore, homes the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) headquarters and likewise the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) headquarters at Bahawalpur, which had been struck with absolute precision. Quickly after the strikes, we issued an announcement clarifying that we deliberately didn’t goal any Pakistani army or civilian infrastructure,” he added.

Indian Military Demonstration 

The Indian Military on Monday additionally showcased an indication of how Indian Air Defence techniques, together with AKASH missile system, L-70 Air Defence Weapons, saved the Golden Temple in Amritsar and cities of Punjab from Pakistani missile and drone assaults.

#WATCH | Amritsar, Punjab: Indian Military exhibits a demo of how Indian Air Defence techniques, together with AKASH missile system, saved the Golden Temple in Amritsar and cities of Punjab from Pakistani missile and drone assaults. pic.twitter.com/3HchX0yHJI
— ANI (@ANI) Might 19, 2025

The troopers of the Panther Division of the Indian Military, in a video, delivered a powerful message stating that India has launched Operation Sindoor, aiming to uproot terrorism. 

A soldier narrated, “We’re representatives of the panther… We’ll enter and kill the enemy from inside, now we do not worry anybody. There may be revenge within the thoughts, there’s ardour within the coronary heart, and pleasure within the eyes. To uproot terrorism, India has launched Operation Sindoor.”

#WATCH | Amrisar, Punjab: Troopers of the Panther Division of Indian Military say “…We’re representatives of the panther…We’ll enter and kill the enemy from inside, now we do not worry anybody. There may be revenge within the thoughts, there’s ardour within the coronary heart and pleasure within the eyes. To… pic.twitter.com/EwGljIqUS8
— ANI (@ANI) Might 19, 2025

After India launched Operation Sindoor, Pakistan launched a swarm of drone and missile assaults on India, most of which had been intercepted by the Armed Forces. 

(with ANI inputs)