Overview
- Data recovered with the Army’s Skynet-Intel tool indicated the YIHA-III launched from Lahore International Airport toward Jalandhar with Adampur air base assessed as a likely target before it was brought down near Amritsar.
- Officials said the kamikaze UCAV flew at about 2,000 metres carrying roughly 10 kg of explosives, with a two‑metre wingspan and a 170cc two‑stroke engine.
- Army Air Defence intercepted the aircraft soon after it entered Indian airspace, with the military noting Pakistan employed numerous Yiha drones during the May exchanges.
- The reconstructed system was presented at Army House by General Upendra Dwivedi on the eve of the 54th Vijay Diwas.
- In a related development, the NIA filed a chargesheet on the April 22 Pahalgam killings naming Pakistan-linked handlers and LeT/TRF operatives based on an eight‑month probe.