India targets Pakistani navy bases with missile strikes, officers say

[ad_1] Pakistan's armed forces mentioned they hit again at India, focusing on navy websites, after India fired missiles at three of its air bases in a daunting escalation between the 2 nuclear-armed neighbors.

India had earlier focused the three air bases inside Pakistan with missiles , most of which have been intercepted, on Saturday, Pakistani navy officers mentioned.

The strike marks the newest escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals, a transfer triggered by a mass capturing that India blames Pakistan for.

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Indian troopers stand guard as a Kashmiri Muslim man walks by, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday. (AP Photograph/Mukhtar Khan)

In a televised tackle, Pakistani military spokesman, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif, mentioned the nation’s air pressure property have been protected.

He added that a few of the Indian missiles additionally hit India’s jap Punjab. There was no speedy remark from India.

"It is a provocation of the best order," Sharif mentioned.

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Metallic particles lies on the bottom in Wuyan in India-administered Kashmir's Pulwama district on Wednesday, Might 7. Pakistan's navy claimed it shot down 5 Indian fighter jets. (Reuters/Sharafat Ali/TPX Photos of the Day)

The missiles focused Nur Khan air base within the garrison metropolis of Rawalpindi, Murid air base in Chakwal metropolis and Rafiqui air base within the Jhang district of jap Punjab province, Sharif mentioned.

A few of the missiles landed in Afghanistan, he mentioned.

"I need to provide the surprising information that India fired six ballistic missiles from its metropolis of Adampur," mentioned Sharif. One of many ballistic missiles hit Adampur, the remaining 5 missiles hit the Indian Punjab space of Amritsar."

Earlier this week, Pakistan shot down greater than two dozen drones.

Troopers on the India-Pakistan border. India launched strikes in neighboring Pakistan on Tuesday. (Photograph by NARINDER NANU/AFP by way of Getty Photos)

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The fraught relationship between the neighboring nations hit a low following an assault at a preferred vacationer space in India-controlled Kashmir, leaving 26 folks lifeless.