Pakistan Says India Fired Missiles At 3 Air Bases Inside The Country. Pakistani Retaliation Underway.
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India has fired missiles at three air bases inside Pakistan but most of the missiles were intercepted.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — India fired missiles at three air bases inside Pakistan but most of the missiles were intercepted, Pakistan’s army spokesman said Saturday. It’s the latest escalation in a conflict triggered by a gun massacre last month that India blames Pakistan for.
State-run Pakistan Television immediately said that retaliatory attacks were underway ta rgeting “multiple locations in India.” Pakistan’s military says it targeted an Indian missile storage facility and airbases in Pathankot and Udhampur.
Pakistani army spokesman, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif, said in a televised address that the country’s air force assets were safe following the Indian strikes. He added that some of the Indian missiles also hit India’s eastern Punjab.
“This is a provocation of the highest order,” Sharif said.
The Indian missiles targeted Nur Khan air base in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, Murid air base in Chakwal city and Rafiqui air base in the Jhang district of eastern Punjab province, according to the spokesman. There was no immediate comment from India.
