Pakistan's military said it used medium-range missiles to strike more than 25 military sites before India delivered what it called a "measured" response, as part of the latest escalation in a conflict between the two nuclear-armed rivals.

The neighbors have been in conflict over the disputed border region since their independence and partition in 1947.

By Aftab Ahmed, Adnan Abidi and Saeed Shah JAMMU, India/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Blasts rang out across the Indian city of Jammu late on Thursday during what the government said was a Pakistani drone and missile attack on military stations around the Kashmir region on the second day of clashes between the nuclear-armed neighbours.