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Early Times Report
Jammu, June 27: As higher-ups in police have admitted that drones were used in the Satwari Airport strike, it is the first of its kind terror attack in the country. Security agencies on tenterhooks after this incident.
Earlier Pakistan was using drones to drop arms for terror groups active in Jammu and Kashmir, but it was the first time that the same tactics were adopted to drop ammunition at vital defence installation.
Police higher-ups termed the twin explosions Satwari airport a terror attack and confirmed that the payload was dropped using drones.
Earlier Pakistani drones dropped arms in the Samba sector
On May 14, Pakistan dropped arms and ammunition through drones on the International Border (IB) in the Samba sector of the Jammu region.
After watching the mysterious movement of a drone near IB early this morning, the troops of the Border Security Force (BSF) carried out a search operation, this afternoon near Samba and recovered weapons wrapped in a polythene bag. One AK-47 rifle, one pistol, one magazine, and other material were recovered nearly 250 metres inside the Indian Territory.
On April 24 troops of the Border Security Force (BSF) had foiled an attempt of Pakistan to drop weapons into the Indian side through drones in the Arnia sector on the Indo-Pak International Border in Jammu. Two drones/UAVs were observed entering from Pakistan's side and immediately fired upon by vigilant BSF troops which compelled it to retreat back to Pakistan territory.
As reported earlier in the month of February this year, the BSF had recovered bombs dropped by a drone in the Samba sector. 14 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) with in-built magnets, which could be used as “sticky bombs” by sticking them on vehicles and controlling them using a timer and a remotely held device. Arms dropped by a drone operated from the Pakistani side were also recovered in Akhnoor some months back.
In October 2020, the Army had shot down a Pakistan Army quadcopter along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K's Keran sector. Equipped with cameras, the China-made DJI Mavic 2 Pro model drone was hovering in the air when it was spotted by security personnel.
Similarly, the BSF shot down a Hexa-copter in J&K's Kathua district in June 2020. The drone was found carrying M4 semi-automatic carbine and Chinese grenades. |
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