India's drone attack targeted four Pakistani air defence sites, destroyed one AD radar: Indian Army

In the screengrab from a video posted by @adgpi via X on Friday, May 9, 2025, Indian Army neutralises a Pakistani target.

Indian Armed Forces strongly retaliated to Pakistan's unprovoked missile and drone attacks on Thursday night, launching drone strikes at four air defence sites in Pakistan, which destroyed one of Pakistan's air defence radar system.

Addressing the MEA press briefing on Operation Sindoor, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh said, "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."

Addressing the briefing, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, during the briefing on Operation Sindoor, said that Pakistan had sent 300-400 drones at 36 locations in the country, adding that preliminary investigation showed that Turkey’s SONGAR drones were used during the strikes. Col Qureshi added that these drones were neutralised using kinetic and non-kinetic methods.

India on Thursday night neutralised Pakistan military's attempt to hit military stations in Jammu, Pathankot, Udhampur and some other locations with missiles and drones as tensions soared between the two countries amid fears of a wider military conflict.

Sirens and numerous explosions were reported in Akhnoor, Samba, Baramulla and Kupwara and several other places as the Indian military carried out a massive night aerial vigil along the border with Pakistan.

Pakistan's fresh attempts to target Indian military installations came less than 24 hours after a similar attempt.

On Thursday afternoon, the defence ministry said Indian armed forces foiled Pakistan's attempts to target military installations in 15 cities in the northern and western parts of the country using missiles and drones.

It said the Pakistani military attempted last night to target Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bathinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai and Bhuj.

In its response this morning, India launched kamikaze drones and destroyed a Pakistani air defence system in Lahore.