The armed forces have targeted air defence radars at a number of locations in Pakistan and destroyed the system in Lahore on Thursday after Islamabad attempted to strike 15 military targets in India in response to Operation Sindoor.
Operation Sindoor is India’s response to an act by terrorists in which 26 tourists were killed in Pahalgam on April 22. The Indian Government has described Operation Sindoor as an ongoing operation.
An official release of the Ministry of Defence on Thursday said that in the morning Indian Armed Forces targeted Air Defence Radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan. India’s response has been the same domain with the same intensity as Pakistan. It has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence System at Lahore has been neutralised.
The statement further said that on the night of May 7-8, 2025, Pakistan 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. These were neutralised by the 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, it added.
Russia-made S-400 ‘Sudarshan Chakra’ air defence systems were also put to use.The S-400 air defence system can track aerial threats up to 600 km away and intercept fighter jets, ballistic missiles, and drones, making it a vital cog in India’s security arsenal.
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. Here too, India was compelled to respond to bring Mortar and Artillery fire from Pakistan to a halt.
Sources said Pakistan’s HQ-9 missile defence system units, developed by China, were hit by Israeli-made HAROP drones, effectively rendering the Pakistani army defenceless in Lahore.
Pakistan claimed that four army personnel sustained injuries in Lahore while one civilian was killed in Miano, Sindh.
“The Indian armed forces reiterate their commitment to non-escalation, provided it is respected by the Pakistani military,” the statement further said.
In Lahore, sirens went off and people ran out of their homes as a series of loud explosions were heard near Walton airport, Reuters and local media reported. Visuals showed people running out of their houses in panic and reported seeing clouds of smoke.
The area adjoins Lahore’s posh central business district and the Lahore army cantonment. Local reports said flight operations at Sialkot, Karachi and Lahore airports have been temporarily suspended.
No casualties or damage to civilian infrastructure have been reported so far.
