Army shoots down 'spying quadcopter' along LoC
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The Pakistan Army shot down a "spying quadcopter" in the Rakhchikri sector along the Line of Control (LoC), Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor said on Saturday.
In a post shared on Twitter, the DG ISPR said the quadcopter had come 150 metres inside of Pakistan from India.
The news comes weeks after tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after the Indian Air Force (IAF) violated Pakistani airspace following the February 14 attack targeting Indian security forces in Indian-occupied Kashmir's Pulwama area.
According to military sources, the Indian military uses quadcopters for aerial photography of Pakistani posts along the LoC as part of its intelligence-gathering operations and target selection before carrying out cross-LoC shelling.
On Jan 2, the Pakistan Army had shot down a second Indian 'spy drone' in a span of two days along the restive LoC.
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Mar 16, 2019 03:58pm
Great move by the brilliant Pak Army to once again defend the territorial integrity of the country in an examplary and befitting fashion. Well done and keep it up.
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Mar 16, 2019 04:18pm
Cease their initiatives. Bravo.
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Mar 16, 2019 04:47pm
India never learns.
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Mar 16, 2019 04:49pm
Another Indian 'spy drone' shot down by our brave army - well done and we are proud of you!
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Mar 16, 2019 04:49pm
Will Indians never learn? working so hard to humiliate themselves.
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Mar 16, 2019 04:52pm
looks like a cheap drone . Cant even transmit images over long distance. Any military use drone will be well camouflaged for avian use . Like the light coloration of actual surveillance drone with light grey or white or blue . Not This " Come hit me" Black colour.
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Mar 16, 2019 04:57pm
Another supposedly surgical attempt going totally unsurgical. Oh dear, they need to change their doctors soon.
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Mar 16, 2019 05:00pm
Indian are defeated all fronts
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Mar 16, 2019 05:03pm
Indian surgical selfie drone
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Mar 16, 2019 05:47pm
@ayesha , its greyish blue colour. Please look again. Thanks!
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Mar 16, 2019 06:17pm
Warmonger crazy Modi terribly want to get votes by playing Pakistan card.
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Mar 16, 2019 06:34pm
@ayesha , it is grey.
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Mar 16, 2019 06:44pm
@Silver, But not comoflaged colours, like the terrain.
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Mar 16, 2019 06:44pm
@ayesha , it is a light grey drone. Although unlike you I am no expert at military drones.
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Mar 16, 2019 06:48pm
India has satellite then why cheap Chinese drone?
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Mar 16, 2019 07:07pm
@ayesha , watch the color of this drone again then comment.
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Mar 16, 2019 07:07pm
Exactly same quad copter i bought yesterday for my kid from AMAZON.
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Mar 16, 2019 07:20pm
The new leadership has revamped a positive, a more responsible state image of Pakistan. Congratulations to a strong and much deserving nation.
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Mar 16, 2019 07:24pm
Another botched job by the Indian army.
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Mar 16, 2019 07:29pm
Good move...
Gordon D. Walker
Canada
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Mar 16, 2019 07:49pm
Indian army was taking distance selfies and lost control.
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Mar 16, 2019 07:50pm
Does Pakistan have to return this too as a good gesture of Peace?
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Mar 16, 2019 07:53pm
Well done
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Mar 16, 2019 08:14pm
Indian armed forces are desperately trying to find a way to save face after Pak shot down indian planes and successfully chase down their most advanced planes. In his lust for power, Modi has humiliated Indian Armed forces and one can easily see all red faced Generals in press conferences.
Pak needs to remain vigilant at all times now because Modi and Indian Armed forces are licking their wounds right now and cannot be trusted. They are looking for trouble, so well done Pak Armed Forces but beware.
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Mar 16, 2019 08:21pm
This is just misbehave by someone to unstable the peace between two countries nothing else.
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Mar 16, 2019 08:38pm
Why India keeps doing this when they don't know what the hell they are doing and who they are dealing with? Just ridiculous.
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Mar 16, 2019 09:36pm
India - Please wake up.
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Mar 16, 2019 10:03pm
Probably did a better job then the Indian Fighter Pilots LOL
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Mar 17, 2019 03:50am
Looks indian!
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