Pakistan says it shot down Indian drone near disputed border-& Indian Ceasefire cry

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ISLAMABAD | BY KATHARINE HOURELD

The Pakistani military said it shot down an Indian spy drone on Wednesday in Kashmir, in a new sign of the decades-old tension between the nuclear-armed rivals in the disputed region.

Industry experts said the small, unarmed model was sold commercially for aerial filming and would contain no secret military technology.

"An Indian spy drone was shot down by Pakistani troops which intruded into Pakistan along (the Line of Control) near Bhimber today. The spy drone is used for aerial photography," a statement from the Pakistani military said.

The Indian military was not available for comment.

Bhimber is in Kashmir, the Himalayan region claimed by both Pakistan and India. The two sides regularly exchange fire along Kashmir's heavily-militarized Line of Control.

A photo supplied by the Pakistani military appeared to show a Chinese-made DJI Phantom 3, said Huw Williams, the Unmanned Systems Editor at IHS Jane's International Defence Review.

"Due to its limited operating range - about two km - if the Indian military is using the system it would most likely be for close reconnaissance or security work," Williams said.

"Our Middle East editor believes that Islamic State are using similar systems."

Pakistan is plagued by a Taliban insurgency that has killed hundreds of thousands of civilians. It has fought three wars against India since the two nations became separate in 1947.

Since 2004, the United States has conducted 419 drone strikes in Pakistan, targeting suspected members of the Taliban and al Qaeda. The missiles have killed thousands of suspected militants and hundreds of civilians, according to media reports collated by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

Pakistan often protests that the U.S. strikes are an infringement of its national sovereignty and has been pushing for its own lethal drones.

In March, the Pakistani military announced it had test-fired its own drone equipped with a laser-guided missile. Analysts said the video showed a drone similar to models produced by Pakistan's close ally China.



(Reporting by Katharine Houreld; editing by Andrew Roche)

Pakistan says it shot down Indian drone near disputed border| Reuters

and then this storry comes out, As always as indian's crying over their crimes...to name it as ceasefire violation...


India Lodges Strong Protest With Pakistan Over Ceasefire Violations: Sources
All India | Reported by Nidhi Razdan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: July 16, 2015 09:59 IST

A civilian being shifted to a hospital after sustaining injuries in firing by Pakistani troops in Akhnoor in Jammu on Wednesday (Press Trust of India photo)

A woman was killed and six, including two soldiers, were injured in heavy firing from across the border in Akhnoor sector, in the seventh ceasefire violation this month. There has been more firing this morning, again on the International Border in Jammu district. Three villagers have been injured in firing at the RS Pura sector.

Pakistan has also summoned the Indian envoy after saying it shot down an Indian "spy" drone on Wednesday, a claim that has been denied by New Delhi.

Indian government sources called it a "strange coincidence that Pakistan claimed it shot down an Indian drone soon after the violation" on Wednesday.

Islamabad has alleged that India had sent the drone for aerial photography near the Line of Control and it was shot down in the Bhimber area of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, for "violation of Pakistan's territorial integrity."

The Indian military has denied Pakistan's claims. "Some reports of a drone crash in Azad Kashmir (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) are being referred to. No drone or UAV crash of Indian Army has taken place," the defence ministry said in a statement.

The border trouble comes days after PM Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif held talks on the sidelines of a regional summit in Ufa in Russia. As part of a series of "breakthrough" announcements after the talks, the two countries decided to arrange meetings of senior military officers to reduce tension along the border.

India Lodges Strong Protest With Pakistan Over Ceasefire Violations: Sources


P.S: By reading both the stories, even a new kiddo can easily understand which story is scripted, and written while sitting in Barracks for Military propaganda... & even all indian reports for Ceasefire violation are almost the same, with different place names only...

 

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Army shoots down Indian ‘spy drone’
*ISPR says drone which intruded into Pakistan along LoC near Bhimber is used for aerial photography * Indian HC summoned to lodge protest over violation of air space

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani military said it shot down an Indian spy drone on Wednesday in Azad Kashmir, in a new sign of the decades-old tension between the nuclear-armed rivals in the region.


Industry experts said the small, unarmed model was sold commercially for aerial filming and would contain no secret military technology. “An Indian spy drone was shot down by Pakistani troops which intruded into Pakistan along (the Line of Control) near Bhimber today. The spy drone is used for aerial photography,” a statement from the military said. The Indian military was not available for comment. Bhimber is in Azad Kashmir.


A photo supplied by the Pakistan Army appeared to show a Chinese-made DJI Phantom 3, said Huw Williams, the Unmanned Systems Editor at IHS Jane’s International Defence Review. “Due to its limited operating range - about two km - if the Indian military is using the system it would most likely be for close reconnaissance or security work,” Williams said. “Our Middle East editor believes that Islamic State are using similar systems.”


Meanwhile, Islamabad has summoned the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan TCA Raghavan to lodge protest over intrusion of its airspace by the Indian spy drone. “The Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan has been summoned to the Foreign Office on Thursday,” Foreign Office spokesperson Qazi Khalilullah said. In July, another drone had crashed near the Working Boundary in Shakargarh sector, which was taken into custody by Pakistani security forces. The drone was operated by Pakistan Rangers, it was later clarified.


Earlier in May, a pigeon which crossed the Indo-Pak border into India’s Pathankot area was captured and detained for being a “suspected spy”. A stamped message and a wire-like object on the “intruder”, which landed in Manwal village situated four kilometres from the Indo-Pak border, raised suspicions of the security agencies in India. The bird was taken to a veterinary doctor where it underwent an x-ray and medical examination.


This is not the first spy drone shot down in Pakistani territory originating out of India. In 2002, Pakistan Air Force shot down a spy drone near Kasur. Military officials claimed at the time that it was an Israeli operated drone flying out from Indian territory. Instances of unprovoked firing across the Indo-Pak border have also occurred frequently over the years. The latest such incident happened on Tuesday when Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing along Working Boundary.


These violations of Pakistan’s sovereignty come after a thaw in relations with India was observed after the meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at Ufa. Since 2004, the United States has conducted 419 drone strikes in Pakistan, targeting suspected members of the Taliban and al Qaeda. The missiles have killed thousands of suspected militants and hundreds of civilians, according to media reports collated by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

Army shoots down Indian ‘spy drone’