India foils Pakistan’s missiles, drone attacks; Navy ops begin: What happened overnight

It’s been an action-packed night. Following the success of India’s Operation Sindoor, Pakistan escalated tensions with India on the night of May 8. It fired multiple missiles and launched over 50 drones towards Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan. However, India’s military thwarted all of the neighbouring nation’s attempts and launched its own counter-fire towards Islamabad, Karachi, Sialkot and Lahore, even shooting down one of its AWACs

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