Pakistan targets Jammu airport, heavy firing reported in border areas

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Pakistan has launched multiple attacks on border areas, with heavy firing reported in Samba and Jammu. The Jammu airport, a sensitive military airbase and civilian airport, is being targeted.

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00:00There's breaking news coming in and I quickly want to get to that breaking news information

00:04that's just coming in. Pakistan is targeting some of the border areas. There's heavy firing

00:10and multiple attacks that are being reported right now. Even as we speak,

00:14firing is happening in Samba. It's a very crucial border area in Jammu sector. There's

00:22firing that's reported in Jammu. There are multiple attacks that are being reported around

00:27Jammu. And do keep this in mind, there's heavy firing that's happening in Samba and in Jammu.

00:33Clear escalation from the Pakistani side, Air Chief Mashal Bhadoriya. How would you look at it?

00:39They tried targeting Jammu yesterday. They did not succeed. Now it seems that targeting once again.

00:43Yeah, even I feel that they would continue to remain irrational for a while and they would

00:49take some action. I think this is one of those. The LOC would keep getting hotter and they would

00:55probably we should be prepared for some more action like they did last night. Some more action

01:00they would attempt for sure. So some more action like last night is sending more missiles and drones

01:05or would you now think that they will escalate and send in their fighter jets into either Indian

01:10territory or standoff attack air to air or air to ground from their territory?

01:14It would be a combination of drones and possibly standoff weapons if they want to escalate further.

01:20Drones, they've seen what capability their drones gave them. But a combination of standoff.

01:25They've targeted the airstrip in Jammu. That's the information that's coming in. They've targeted

01:30the Jammu airport. Now if Jammu airport is being targeted, this is a very clear act of war. It's firing

01:36that's happening across the international border. But the Jammu airport is being targeted is the

01:41information that's coming in. Targeting a vital asset, an infrastructure is an act of war isn't

01:46it sir? Absolutely. Yesterday was an act of war. This is very much the next level of escalation

01:51and they would see the repercussions for this very soon. Even as we speak ladies and gentlemen

01:57Pakistan is targeting the Jammu airbase. Jammu is a very sensitive military airbase. It's also

02:03a civilian airport. Civil flights land in Jammu. The large number of people. Okay I want to quickly cut

02:09across and listen in to the voices that are coming from ground. Listen in to what's happening

02:13in Jammu. We'll just play that out for you.

02:20The effective escalation by Pakistan along the international border. I quickly want to bring

02:38in Sandeep Unnitana into this conversation. Sandeep, this is a very clear provocation by

02:43Pakistan. The fact that they are targeting the Jammu airbase and Jammu which is also a civilian

02:48airport absolutely gaurav and this is exactly what air chief marshal baduria mentioned that he

02:53imagined that this is the kind of retaliation that pakistan would uh you know strike at in india and

03:00this is exactly what seems to be playing out right now uh we are hearing uh those voices that are

03:05coming in from uh samba jammu and it's very clear that this is some kind of a drone or a missile

03:12attack or a combination of both pakistan stay with me i have shivani sharma and neer farid

03:16both joining us on this broadcast uh quickly mir uh explain what's happening okay shivani also

03:21joins me shivani please explain shivani tell us what's happening uh shivani uh explain to us what

03:27is happening right now see what we are given to understand that there are sirens that were

03:35activated in jammu and the sky

03:41okay give me a moment we'll try and reestablish that link with shivani in just a moment uh mir

03:45farid me if you can hear me what's happening right now well uh uh got a panic in jammu and

03:53we're getting reports that this action is focused or is around the jammu airport there are shells that

04:00are coming in and we also been told that it seems some kind of mmg fire now these are not motors these

04:06are projectiles and one can clearly see in the dark that they are being directed towards the jammu airport

04:12we're also getting reports that there are drones uh this could it could also be a drone attack that

04:17is being started or has been initiated by pakistan and there is absolute panic obviously in jammu air

04:23rate sirens are going off and also people themselves are shutting down the lights of their home and

04:30they're trying to run for safety these are visuals you can clearly see the night skies in the night

04:34skies these uh projectiles can be seen uh going forward as far as jammu is concerned and this this

04:40it this is focused around the jammu airport so this uh was uh expected retaliation from pakistan

04:47and it seems that jammu airport is the target because jammu we know the international border is very

04:52closed uh and from there you can easily launch an attack and jammu airport obviously is a target

04:59because again because of its uh proximity ib and being very close as far as uh targeting it is

05:05concerned if you okay stay with me stay with me the information that's coming in it's mmg fire medium

05:10machine gun fire that is being reported uh around samba uh we are also being told that the jammu airport

05:16is being targeted you can hear the air raid siren that's going and the stack of of of of the mmg that is

05:24going off i i want to for in just a moment uh play out these images uh completely for you also listen

05:30into voices from ground that are coming in sandeep there would be an appropriate response because

05:36pakistan despite india repeatedly saying do not escalate is escalating targeting infrastructure

05:41sandeep give me a moment as we try and listen into what's happening on ground

05:54so

06:09it's

06:24Oh

06:54images these images that are coming from ground zero I urge viewer discretion some of these images and

07:07since we are getting you these images you can hear what's happening on ground you can hear the

07:13impact initially there were reports of MMG being fired we are also being told that Pakistan had

07:19earlier fired mortars clear escalation earlier in Punch and Rajwari it had fired 155 mm howitzers

07:27and that is a clear escalation in conflict and Sandeep when you hear these sounds Pakistan instead

07:34of backing down is actually escalating targeting critical infrastructure now absolutely Gaurav and

07:41from those visuals one can you know deduce that this is possibly rockets being fired from across

07:48the international border Gaurav those you know look at the stream of those projectiles that are

07:53coming they're all rockets judging by the sequence of this thing it's a ripple fire of a BM-21 type

08:00rocket system that Pakistan has it's called the Azhar and if it is indeed a rocket then it would

08:06possibly be this BM-21 version which Pakistan calls the Azhar it has a range of 40 kilometers it has a

08:13high explosive projectile and Pakistan has chosen to escalate by after firing artillery 155 mm artillery

08:20they've chosen to go up the land escalation route they are going up the ladder first using small arms then

08:28going on to mortars then 155 mm shells and now finally rocket projectiles Gaurav BM-21 grade rocket projectiles

08:37targeting civilian infrastructure in Jammu if you're on the road in in and around Jammu it's advisable to

08:44head to a safer area preferably in a basement of a building that's where you're we are more secure stay out of

08:52harm's way switch off lights in your house always advisable to be on the ground floor or in the basement in these

09:01difficult times and and I urge your discretion when we were covering the conflict either in Kargil or war

09:08in Ukraine or even in Israel it's best not to be on the road or in any open place right now head for

09:17cover and stay there till there is an all clear

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