Video of a spinning rocket plummeting from the sky in northeastern Thailand has been widely shared online miscaptioned as showing an Israeli-made Indian drone downed in Pakistan amid escalating tensions between the South Asian neighbours.

Through the media, both sides are trying to shape perceptions of what the fighting has achieved and who has “won”.  Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

India launched multiple Israeli-made Harop drones targeting Pakistan overnight and into Thursday, with one damaging a military site and wounding four soldiers, a Pakistani army spokesman said.

By Mubasher Bukhari, Tanvi Mehta and Surbhi Misra LAHORE/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Thursday it shot down 25 drones from India in its airspace while India said it "neutralised" Pakistan's attempts to strike military targets with drones and missiles,

Moreover, if even one Indian civilian aircraft is disrupted due to Pakistani military aggression, India could retaliate by enforcing a shutdown of Lahore Airport-Pakistan's busiest civilian air hub-in line with the Modi Doctrine of strategic escalation to secure deterrence.

India hit Pakistan with air strikes deep into the country, killing dozens, but Pakistan claimed to have shot down multiple Indian planes. (The details of that claim remain murky.) India accused Pakistan of a drone attack near the Kashmiri line of control,

Pakistan shot down 12 drones from India that violated its airspace, the military said on Thursday, a day after Indian strikes on multiple targets in the country fanned fears of a larger military conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

Between May 8 and 9, Pakistan launched approximately 300 to 400 drones across 36 intrusion points from Leh to Sir Creek. All were neutralised by India's air defence.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has designated Mumbai as a red zone for drone operations, making unauthorised drone flights a serious violation. Despite the directive, a 23-year-old man was caught operating a drone in Mumbai's Powai area on Sunday (May 11).