In the early morning of May 7, India launched missile and air strikes – referred to as Operation Sindoor – at nine locations within Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Indian authorities said it was a response to the April 22 attack in Pahalgam, which left 26 civilians dead, most of them Indian tourists. The stated targets were terrorist facilities associated with groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Several Indian losses have been verified, casting serious doubt on the success of the operation from India’s perspective
Indian sources report that the strikes involved the use of SCALP-EG land-attack cruise missiles and AASM HAMMER precision-guided bombs. India is believed to use the export version of the SCALP-EG, which has a range of roughly 250 kilometers. The AASM HAMMER, when deployed from high altitude and speed, can reportedly reach targets up to 70 kilometers away.
Following the strikes, images circulated online showing the discarded booster and nose cone of at least one BrahMos PJ-10 cruise missile recovered within Indian territory.
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