Bloomberg w/ greater detail:Anti-aircraft guns and short-range surface-to-air missiles were used during the exercise conducted at a desert range near the city of Muzaffargarh in the central Pubjab province.
"The elements of Army Air Defence demonstrated their shooting skills by targeting the drones flying at different altitudes," the military said in a statement.
Air defence commander Lieutenant-General Ashraf Saleem praised the "precision and agility" of the gunners.
Pakistani Army Tests Missile Capable of Shooting Down DronesNow we'll be wondering all night long. Were they just testing the anti-drone missile? Did they actually shoot anything down? Had the missile they were testing ever been used/tested before? Why didn't the IHT type anything about it being a test?By Farhan Sharif
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan successfully tested a short-range, surface-to-air missile capable of destroying drones, the country's military said, two days after protesting to the U.S. over attacks on its territory by the unmanned aircraft.
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