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India Dismisses Pakistan's Jet Claims, Downs Over 50 Drones After May 7 Operation Sindoor

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Updated May 9, 2025, 11:45 AM

India's Embassy in Beijing has formally accused China's Global Times of publishing disinformation regarding recent India-Pakistan military tensions, specifically rejecting reports that Pakistani forces shot down Indian fighter jets. Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif claimed in media interviews and parliament that Pakistan did not intercept Indian drones during recent border incidents to avoid revealing the locations of its air defence systems. When pressed by journalists for evidence supporting Pakistan's claim of downing five Indian jets, Asif cited social media posts as his source. India has dismissed the Pakistani claims as misinformation, with officials emphasizing that Operation Sindoor was a targeted air strike on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, launched on May 7 in response to a terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, where 26 civilians were killed. Indian authorities stated that their military actions avoided Pakistani military sites and that any Pakistani counterattacks were repelled. Indian Army sources reported shooting down over 50 Pakistani drones along the Line of Control and international borders during the escalation. Indian strikes also reportedly hit the HQ-9 missile system near Lahore. Pakistan later acknowledged that one drone had crashed near Lahore and 12 others were destroyed in areas including Gujranwala, Bahawalpur, Karachi, Rawalpindi, and Attock.

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The Times Of India

@timesofindia

#Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has made a bizarre claim that Pakistani forces deliberately avoided intercepting Indian drones to conceal strategic military locations. This justification follows India's '#OperationSindoor,' precision strikes on terrorist spots, and https://t.co/XR5u8fpcqr

OSINTWarfare

@OSINTWarfare

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif stated that Indian drones were intercepted using soft-kill measures and anti-aircraft guns, which he described as more effective. Contrary to circulating claims, he did not deny the interception of Indian drones during his https://t.co/ZMZfASVWd1

Republic

@republic

'Didn't want to reveal our locations': Pakistan Minister Khawaja Asif admits failure of air defence system, gives bizarre logic for not engaging Indian drones Tune in to LIVE TV for all the fastest #BREAKING alerts on #OperationSindoor - https://t.co/zGyUsI3UtY https://t.co/Ls7BxNyQb3