India Cripples Pakistan's Air Defence System In Lahore After Islamabad Escalates Tensions

The Defence Ministry said Pakistan attempted to engage a multiple military targets, including Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Jalandhar and other places using drones and missiles.

The government said that an Air Defence system at Lahore was neutralised during the aerial attack.

Source : ABPLIVE AI

The Indian Armed Forces on Thursday targeted the Air Defence Radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan and successfully destroyed the Air Defence system at Lahore, the Ministry of Defence said.

"Indian Armed Forces targeted Air Defence Radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan. Indian response has been in the same domain with same intensity as Pakistan. It has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence system at Lahore has been neutralised," a defence ministry statement said.

The Defence Ministry said that Pakistan attemped to engage a multiple 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 07-08 May 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," the government said.

The ministry said that the drones and missiles 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," the government said.