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.

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.

With the intensification of India-Pakistan clashes along the border, drones are now the cutting-edge military technology at the frontlines. During Operation Sindoor, India's deployment of high-tech unmanned platforms-from loitering weapons to reconnaissance UAVs-has made deep penetration strikes,