China Aiding Pakistan? Optical Chinese Satellite Crosses Rajasthan As Pak Launches Fresh Drone Attack: Report

As Pakistan launched a caller activity of drone attacks successful regions for illustration Jaisalmer, Akhnoor, Jammu, Udhampur, and cities successful Punjab specified arsenic Pathankot, a Chinese optical imaging outer crossed complete Rajasthan, according to an open-source intelligence platform, War & Gore. The level besides suggested that Pakistan was utilizing civilian airlines arsenic a shield while launching drones towards India. 

"Suddenly double digits flights return disconnected from Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore - each takeoffs wrong 20-25 minutes. They're doing it truthful Indian aerial defence can't separate UAVs & Pakistani missile. They hey did it yesterday too," nan level wrote connected X.  

Pakitan had utilized nan aforesaid strategies connected Thursday when it launched 300-400 Turkish-made drones towards India. 

Earlier today, India's Ministry of External Affairs said that Pakistan had not closed its civilian airspace contempt launching an unprovoked rocket and drone onslaught connected May 7. "Pakistan is utilizing civilian airliners arsenic a shield, knowing afloat good that its onslaught connected India would elicit a swift aerial defence response," nan MEA said during a property briefing. 

While India's broadside of nan airspace was devoid of civilian aerial postulation owed to nan country's declared airspace closure, nan Pakistani airspace continued to let commercialized flights, including those betwixt Karachi and Lahore. Colonel Sofiya Qureshi said nan Indian equipped forces changeable down galore of these drones utilizing kinetic and non-kinetic means. "The imaginable intent of specified large-scale aerial intrusions was to trial aerial defence systems and cod intelligence."

Qureshi besides said that nan forensic investigation of nan wreckage of nan drones was being done, but first reports suggested that they were Turkish Asisguard Songar drones.

Published on: May 9, 2025 10:20 PM IST