The D Brief: India, Pakistan trade fire; Yemen outlook; China’s space-sensing firm; Russia’s ceasefire violations?; And a bit more.
08-05-2025 17:14 via defenseone.com

The D Brief: India, Pakistan trade fire; Yemen outlook; China’s space-sensing firm; Russia’s ceasefire violations?; And a bit more.

In a new first, Pakistan and India exchanged drone attacks overnight, officials from the two countries said Thursday as the nuclear-armed militaries extended a cycle of attacks and counterattacks that erupted Wednesday in response to an apparent terrorism incident that killed 26 people at a resort in late April. Pakistan also allegedly fired unspecified missiles toward at least 15 different targets inside northern and western India. “These were neutralised by the Integrated Counter UA
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