How many drone intrusions reported along International Border in 2025? Defence ministry replies

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India recorded 791 drone intrusions along the western front in 2025, according to the Ministry of Defence’s year-end review released on Wednesday. Officials reported nine incidents along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir and a staggering 782 along the borders of Punjab and Rajasthan. “Effective employment of own spoofers and jammers along the western front significantly countered the drone threat,” The ministry said as per PTI. Security forces successfully brought down 237 drones, including five carrying war-like stores, 72 loaded with narcotics, and 161 without any payload.