As tensions between India and Pakistan escalated into military action, drones emerged as a decisive force in India’s strategic response during Operation Sindoor. The recent confrontation witnessed the extensive deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),

India has said it identified Turkish drones used by Pakistan; Pakistan said it identified Israeli drones used by India. Neither of those reports could be independently verified.

India’s missile and bomb strikes on targets in Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir have prompted multiple attacks in retaliation between the nuclear-armed neighbors to the point that some are now calling it a de facto war.