In New Delhi, the Indian armed forces deployed Harpy drones, specifically designed to target radar systems, to engage enemy air defense installations in Pakistan. Concurrently, the Air Defence system in Lahore was rendered ineffective due to the actions of Indian military drones. The Harpy drone is engineered for the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) and is equipped with a high-explosive warhead. With an Anti-Radiation (AR) seeker, the Harpy can autonomously locate and strike high-value, emitting targets. It is capable of executing deep strike missions lasting up to nine hours, operating effectively both day and night, under various weather conditions, and in environments where Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are compromised.
The Harpy is designed to search for targets within a specified area, identify their frequencies, and autonomously launch an attack from any angle, whether in a shallow or steep dive. Following India’s Operation Sindoor, which successfully destroyed nine terrorist sites deep within Pakistan, Pakistan attempted to target several military locations on the night of May 7. These military targets were situated in Northern and Western India, including cities such as Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj, utilizing drones and missiles. However, these threats were neutralized by the Integrated Counter UAS Grid and Air Defence systems. Debris from these attacks is currently being recovered from various sites, providing evidence of the Pakistani assaults. The Indian Air Force’s S-400 Sudarshan Chakra air defense missile systems were activated last night against incoming targets, successfully neutralizing them, as confirmed by multiple domain experts to ANI. An official confirmation from the government is still pending.
This morning, the Indian Armed Forces conducted targeted strikes against Air Defence Radars and systems at various locations within Pakistan. The Indian response has matched the intensity of Pakistan’s actions. It has been confirmed that an Air Defence system in Lahore has been neutralized. Earlier reports indicated that over 100 terrorists were eliminated during a series of precision strikes carried out in the early hours of Wednesday. This operation, which aims to retaliate for the Pahalgam terror attack, is still ongoing, making it difficult to ascertain the exact number of terrorist casualties at this time, according to sources. The strikes, executed by the Indian Armed Forces, focused on nine significant terror camps in Pakistan associated with Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and Hizbul Mujahideen. Four of these targets were located within Pakistan, while the remaining five were in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). The security forces specifically targeted four terrorist camps in Bahawalpur, Muridke, Sarjal, and Mehmoona Joya. The five other locations in PoJK that were targeted included Markaz Ahle Hadith Barnala in Bhimber, Markaz Abbas and Maskar Raheel Shahid in Kotli, Shawai Nallah Camp, and Markaz Syedna Bilal in Muzaffarabad.
