The government on Friday said that Pakistan military likely used Turkish drones in that attack on Indian cities on May 8. During a press briefing, the government said that preliminary forensic analysis of debris recovered from downed drones suggests they were Turkish-made "Assisguard Songar" models, commonly deployed for surveillance and precision strikes.
“On the intervening night of eighth-ninth May 2025, Pakistan military carried out multiple violations of Indian airspace along the entire western border with an intent to target military infrastructure,” Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, who co-led the press briefing, said.
She added that “Pakistan military also resorted to firing of heavy caliber weapons along the Line of Control.”
There were widespread aerial intrusions as well. “Along the International Border and Line of Control, drone intrusions were attempted from Leh to Sir Creek at thirty-six locations with approximately three hundred to four hundred drones and non-kinetic means.”
The government said that “possible purpose of these large-scale aerial intrusions were to test the (air defence) AD systems and gather intelligence.”
The situation escalated later in the night when “an armed UAV of Pakistan attempted to target Bathinda military station which was detected and neutralised.”
India responded with force to Pakistan's drone attack. “In response to the Pakistani attack, armed drones were launched at four air defence sites in Pakistan. One of the drones was able to destroy an AD radar.”
The government highlighted that cross-border aggression wasn’t limited to drones. “Pakistan also carried out artillery shelling across the Line of Control using heavy caliber artillery guns and armed drones at Sunder, Uri, Poonch, Mendhar, Rajouri, Akhnoor and Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir area, which resulted in some losses and injuries to Indian Army personnel.”
“Pakistan Army also suffered major losses in Indian retaliatory fire,” the official said during a press briefing by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, Col Sofia Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh.
Source: India Today