Army Shoots Down Intruding Pak UAV in Rajasthan: Sources

A UAV intrusion was detected at 7.30 pm on Saturday. It was engaged with and brought down, defence sources said.

A unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which intruded into Rajasthan's Ganganagar was shot down by the Army on Saturday, 9 March, defence sources said.

“One UAV intrusion in Ganganagar sector around 7:30 pm. The drone was engaged and brought down.”

Defence Sources to PTI

On 4 March, a fighter jet of the Indian Air Force shot down a Pakistani military drone in Bikaner sector of the Indo-Pak border using an air-to-air missile. Another Pakistani drone was shot down by India on 27 February along the Indo-Pak border in Kutch in Gujarat.

The downing of the drones came in the midst of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan after the IAF struck a terrorist training camp in Pakistan's Balakot and subsequent retaliation by Islamabad.

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