India Likely Used Brahmos In Combat For First Time In Precision Strikes On Pakistan: Report

India is believed to person utilized nan BrahMos supersonic cruise rocket for nan first clip successful combat during a bid of precision airstrikes connected Pakistani subject targets early Saturday, The Indian Express reported connected Sunday. India launched coordinated precision airstrikes early Saturday connected 8 Pakistani subject sites, heavy wrong force territory. The strikes, carried retired utilizing precocious air-launched munitions, followed a bid of attempted attacks by Pakistan targeting Indian subject and civilian installations.

Key Pakistani bases — Rafiqui (Shorkot, Jhang), Murid (Chakwal), Nur Khan (Chaklala, Rawalpindi), Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur, and Chunian (Kasur) — were among those hit. The Indian Air Force besides targeted radar sites astatine Pasrur and Sialkot, arsenic good arsenic strategical airbases astatine Skardu, Bholari, Jacobabad, and Sargodha, reportedly inflicting extended damage.

Air-launched precision weapons utilized successful nan cognition apt included nan SCALP cruise missile, HAMMER precision-guided munitions, and nan BrahMos supersonic cruise rocket — perchance successful its first operational use. Both HAMMER and SCALP tin beryllium deployed from Rafale combatant jets. Official confirmation connected BrahMos usage remains pending, but aggregate sources bespeak its deployment, according to nan report. 

India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed nan strikes were a nonstop consequence to Pakistani subject actions precocious Friday night. "India carried retired precision strikes connected 8 Pakistani subject sites successful consequence to a bid of coordinated attempted attacks by Pakistan connected Indian Air Force installations,” nan MEA stated.

Pakistan had launched drones, loitering munitions, high-speed missiles, and combatant jets crossed much than 2 twelve locations from Srinagar to Nalia. The intrusions targeted some subject bases—including Udhampur, Pathankot, Adampur, and Bhuj — and civilian areas astir IAF installations successful Srinagar and Awantipora.

"Actions person been efficaciously countered and responded appropriately," said Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, while addressing nan media alongside Wing Commander Vyomika Singh and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri. "Indian equipped forces reiterate their committedness to non-escalation, provided it is reciprocated by nan Pakistan military."

Wing Commander Singh noted that complete 26 aerial intrusions were attempted on nan occidental front. "Indian equipped forces successfully neutralised these threats," she said, adding that contempt that, "limited harm was sustained to instrumentality and unit astatine Indian Air Force stations astatine Udhampur, Pathankot, Adampur and Bhuj." She further described “a deplorable and cowardly act” by Pakistan, referring to “several high-speed rocket attacks” launched aft 1:40 a.m. targeting airbases successful Punjab.

In swift retailiation, India stuck 8 subject sites. Each target selected by India was a subject installation, including bid centers, radar sites, and infrastructure tied to nan Pakistan Air Force. The Murid guidelines successful Chakwal, for example, hosts Pakistan's unmanned combat aerial vehicles, while nan Rafiqui guidelines successful Jhang houses precocious combatant squadrons. Nur Khan guidelines successful Chaklala supports aerial mobility command, pinch dense lifters and refuelling aircraft.

The Skardu and Bholari bases, some struck successful nan operation, clasp strategical value owed to their location and domiciled successful PAF combat training and deployment.