Operation Sindoor retaliation: Pakistan targets Jammu with loitering munitions- what are they | India News

NEW DELHI: Pakistan on Thursday focused Jammu with loitering munitions in retaliation to the Operation Sindoor. This is similar weapon utilized by the Indian Armed Forces through the Operation to focus on 9 terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.The Indian Armed Forces intercepted Pakistani missiles, drones. A whole blackout has been enforced in Akhnoor, Kishtwar, Samba and different Jammu areas.Blackout has additionally been imposed in Amritsar, Punjab.

What are loitering munitions?

A loitering munition is a precision-guided weapon designed to hover over a goal zone, establish threats, and strike—both autonomously or with human enter—earlier than self-destructing upon affect.India had focused 9 areas, together with Jaish-e-Mohammed’s base in Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s hub in Muridke. Utilising superior precision weapons and intelligence-based concentrating on, the Army, Navy, and Air Force coordinated the strikes with out partaking Pakistani army websites.The tensions escalated between the 2 nations after Pahalgam assault that killed 25 Indians and one Nepalese citizen on April 22.