India and Pakistan shot down drones and missiles over densely populated cities in a second day of military hostilities, a marked escalation in a conflict triggered by last month’s deadly militant attack in the disputed region of Kashmir.

India and Pakistan engaged in the most intense fighting in decades with four days of escalating conflict that included fighter jets, missiles and drones packed with explosives. It ended almost as abruptly as it began.

The Indian Air Defence systems foiled Pakistan's attempts to strike on the Indian territory during the recent tensions between India and Pakistan. Akashteer repelled Pakistan's strikes on the intervening night of May 8-9.