Air defence units of the Pakistan army in Sialkot and Lahore suffered heavy damage amid reports of drone attacks in 10 cities across the country on May 8, sources said. Sources said the HQ-9 missile defence system units, developed by China, were hit, effectively rendering the Pakistani army defenceless in Lahore, Sialkot and one more city. Indian drone strikes are in response to Pakistani missile debris found in Amritsar.
Amid the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan, missile debris has been found in an Amritsar village, Makhan Windi. This comes as locals said they heard multiple explosions past midnight. Army personnel cordoned off the area where projectile debris has been found in the border area.
"Today morning 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," the government said in a release.
"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," it added.
