NEW DELHI: India successfully neutralised Pakistan’s attempts to target military installations in the northern and western regions of the country, a day after the Indian armed forces carried out precision strikes inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as part of ‘Operation Sindoor.’According to Indian authorities, targets moving towards India were “neutralised by the Integrated Counter-UAS Grid and Air Defence systems.”In response to Pakistan’s attacks, the Indian Armed Forces targeted air defence radars and systems at multiple locations within Pakistan, including in Lahore.

Here is India’s full statement:

During the Press Briefing on Operation SINDOOR on 07 May 2025, India had called its response as focused, measured and non-escalatory. It was specifically mentioned that Pakistani military establishments had not been targeted.It was also reiterated that any attack on military targets in India will invite a suitable response.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.These 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.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.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.Sixteen innocent lives have been lost, including three women and five children, due to Pakistani firing.Here too, India was compelled to respond to bring Mortar and Artillery fire from Pakistan to a halt.Indian Armed Forces reiterate their commitment to non-escalation, provided it is respected by the Pakistani military.