In a major escalation, India, on Saturday morning, launched a retaliatory strike targeting the Sargodha Airbase in Pakistan’s Punjab province.
Late Friday night, Pakistan reportedly launched its so-called Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos - meaning impenetrable wall - and attempted to strike 26 locations across Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat using drones.
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In addition, Islamabad fired a Fatah-II long-range missile toward Delhi, which was intercepted and destroyed by Indian defences over Sirsa in Haryana.
Indian forces, in retaliation, pounded Pakistani military positions, escalating hostilities for the second consecutive day.
The Indian Air Force and Army used advanced systems, including the S-400 Triumf, Akash, and Barak-8 missile networks, to thwart the incoming attacks and launch targeted retaliatory strikes across the border.
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