‘Indebted to armed forces’
Excelsior Correspondent
GARKHAL (JAMMU), May 9: Men and machines of the armed forces worked meticulously to ensure the interception of Kamikaze drones and missiles fired by Pakistani troops targeting Jammu, drawing widespread appreciation from people.
“We are indebted to our armed forces who have saved Jammu from a major attack by Pakistan. We appreciate them for their missionary work. We never thought these bombs could be neutralised in the air,” Garkhal resident Sikender Singh said.
Singh, whose family, along with more than 500 villagers, has shifted to safer camps set up by the Government in Mishriwala on the Jammu outskirts, said had the bombs not been intercepted, they could have caused massive deaths and destruction.
The Army, backed by one of the world’s finest air-defence systems, intercepted the aerial barrage with astonishing accuracy — virtually every hostile object was destroyed mid-air. Not a single vital installation was touched. Not a single civilian life was lost.
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“Eight missiles from Pakistan were directed at Satwari, Samba, R S Pura and Arnia. All were intercepted and blocked by air-defence units. Visuals over Jammu reminded exactly of a Hamas-style attack on Israel, like multiple cheap rockets,” an Army official said.
He said the Pakistan army is operating and behaving like Hamas. “Drones were sighted at multiple places along the western front — confirmed to be hostile. They are being effectively engaged by our air-defence systems. Pakistani drone attacks have been reported at various locations along the western borders and are being effectively countered by the Indian Armed Forces,” he added.
Like Singh, young Surinder Kumar of nearby Pargwal village praised the Army profusely for its new air-defence security system that neutralised Pakistan’s missiles and drones. “We were fearful about the attack by Pakistan. But the defence system put in place has driven fear out of us. We are proud of our Army. We are here to stand by our forces in the defence of our motherland,” the graduation student said.
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