Indian Army Foils Drone Attack Near Amritsar, Neutralises Threat

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• May 10, 2025 | Kabita Pathak

Preliminary assessments suggest the drones were equipped with high-explosive
payloads, clearly designed to cause mass casualties

Digital Desk: In a major security development, Pakistani
forces dispatched several Byker YIHA III kamikaze drones across the
International Border into Amritsar, Punjab in the wee hours today at around 05:00 am.
The drones, presumably targeting heavily populated civilian areas across the
border, were another incendiary step up in cross-border wars.

Fortunately, the swift and integrated reaction of the Indian
Army’s Air Defence (AAD) network foiled the attack. The moment the drones
crossed Indian airspace, once again the layered air defence grid containing
ground-based radar systems, electro-optical sensors and automated command and
control platforms, detected and traced their movements.

Quick-reaction air-defence guns —worked from positions
strategically established along the border—intercepted and destroyed the
drones in mid-air, thus ensuring no damage or death. The officials confirmed that
there was no debris that reached the civilian areas, which gave the picture of
precision and efficiency of the response.

Initial evaluations point to the drones being fitted with
high-explosive warheads unsuitably directed towards mass casualties. Pakistan
is seeing the failed strike as a dangerous escalation aimed at civilian
infrastructure.

This incident underscores the rising trend of its drone
warfare in the area, as well as its defence preparedness against asymmetric aerial
threats, which is unparalleled. The drone source and payload are still under
investigation.