Jammu Twin Airport Blasts: What Has Happened So Far
The police also said an IED weighing 5-6 kgs was recovered by Jammu police from Narwal area.
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Two explosions were reported at the high security technical area of Jammu airport during the wee hours of Sunday, officials said adding that the blasts occurred within a gap of five minutes. With the Jammu and Kashmir Police suspecting the use of drones with payload to carry out blasts at the high-security Air Force Station, the incident marks the entry of new type of warfare in the valley. Drones have earlier been used to transport and drop weapons but this is the first incident in the 30-year-long insurgency in J&K when drones have been used to carry out an attack.
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A drone strike on an Indian airbase in Jammu killed two people and injured two others.
The Indian Air Force has said that two low-intensity explosions were reported early Sunday morning in the technical area of the Jammu Air Force Station. They said that aircraft and other equipment are safe, while two people received injuries in the blasts.
Two drones were used to carry out an attack at Indian Air Force Station in Jammu on Sunday morning, sources in Jammu told Sputnik. They said that the low-intensity blasts were likely caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) dropped by quadcopter drones. This is the first of such kind of attack on any air base station of India.
Blasts at Jammu Air Force Station
Blasts at Jammu Air Force Station
IANS / Updated: Jun 28, 2021, 06:00 IST
JAMMU Two low intensity explosions took place early Sunday morning in the technical area of Jammu
Air Force Station. Security agencies suspect that drones were used to drop bombs at the Air Force station, however, there was no confirmation from the
Indian Air Force so far.
The explosions happened at 2 am. bomb disposal and forensic teams were at the airport and cordoned off the entire area.
Defence minister
Rajnath Singh, who is on his way to Ladakh to review operations preparedness of the force, spoke to Vice Air Chief,
Day after attack on Jammu air base, Army spots 2 drones over Kaluchak military station | 10 points
Day after attack on Jammu air base, Army spots 2 drones over Kaluchak military station | 10 points
A day after blasts at IAF base, two drones were spotted over Kaluchak military camp in Jammu. The UAVs were seen flying inside Kaluchak military station in Jammu late last night. Alert Army jawans fired at the drones to neutralise them, defence spokesperson said.
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UPDATED: June 28, 2021 16:20 IST
The latest incident in Kaluchak comes a day after a drone, in a first-of-its kind strike, dropped two bombs at Indian Air Force (IAF) station in Jammu.
Monday 28 June, 2021 | 2:52 AM
SRINAGAR: Two explosives-laden drones crashed into the IAF station at Jammu airport in the early hours of Sunday, perhaps the first time that suspected Pakistan-based terrorists have used unmanned aerial vehicles in an attack, officials said.
Two Indian Air Force personnel were injured in the explosions that took place around 1.40 am within six minutes of each other. The first blast ripped off the roof of a single-storey building at the high security technical area of the airport manned by the IAF in Satwari area of the city. The second one was on the ground, the officials said.