New Delhi: ‘Made in India’ stood out like a beacon during Operation Sindoor and the subsequent strikes on airbases in different Pakistani cities.
Explaining the seamless integration of indigenous hi-tech systems into national defence last week, the Central government said the Indian Air Force bypassed and jammed Pakistan’s China-supplied air defence systems, completing the mission in just 23 minutes and thereby demonstrating our technological edge.
“Operation Sindoor emerged as a calibrated military response to an evolving pattern of asymmetric warfare, one that increasingly targets unarmed civilians along with military personnel. The terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam in April 2025 served as grim reminder of this shift. India’s response was deliberate, precise, and strategic. Without crossing the Line of Control or international boundary, Indian forces struck terrorist infrastructure and eliminated multiple threats,” the government said.
“Air Defence systems detect, track, and neutralise threats using a network of radars, control centres, artillery, and both aircraft- and ground-based missiles,” the Centre said.
On May 8, Indian Armed Forces targeted Air Defence (AD) Radars and systems at multiple locations in Pakistan, and an Air Defence system at Lahore was neutralised.
When Pakistan attempted to strike 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 on the night of May 7/8, those were neutralised by the Integrated Counter UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) Grid and Air Defence systems.
Battle-proven AD systems like the Pechora, OSA-AK and LLAD guns (low-level air defence guns) were also used by IAF.
AKASH, a short range Surface to Air Missile (SAM) system developed by our Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), played its part to protect vulnerable areas and vulnerable points from air attacks.
India’s offensive strikes targeted key Pakistani airbases- Noor Khan and Rahimyar Khan with “surgical precision”.
Loitering munitions — also known as ‘suicide drones’ or ‘kamikaze drones’ — were used with devastating effect, each finding and destroying high-value targets, including enemy radar and missile systems, the government said.
Loitering munitions are weapons systems that can hover or circle a target area, searching for a suitable target before attacking.
The Centre pointed out that all strikes were executed without loss of Indian assets, underscoring the effectiveness of our surveillance, planning, and delivery systems. The use of modern indigenous technology — long-range drones to guided munitions — made these strikes highly effective and politically calibrated.
