According to satellite pictures published by the New York Times, India had a “clear edge” when it came to attacking Pakistan’s military bases and airfields during the recent four-day conflict. The study says that high-resolution satellite images from before and after the strikes show “clear damage” to Pakistan’s facilities caused by the attacks.
“India and Pakistan fought a four-day war that was the biggest fight between the two nuclear-armed countries in fifty years.” Both sides said they did a lot of damage when they used drones and missiles to test the other side’s air defenses and hit military bases, the story said.
It also said that pictures taken by satellites show that the attacks were widespread, but the damage was much smaller than what was said. It “seemed mostly to have been done by India to Pakistani facilities.” In this new era of high-tech fighting, the report said that both sides’ strikes seemed to be very well targeted, which could be seen in the pictures.
“Where India appears to have had a clear edge is in its targeting of Pakistan’s military facilities and airfields, as the latter stretch of fighting shifted from symbolic strikes and shows of force to attacks on each other’s defence capabilities,” the study stated.
India’s defense officials said they hit an airplane hangar with a precise attack at Bholari air base, which is less than 100 miles from Karachi, the port city in Pakistan. The NYT story said, “The pictures made it clear that what looks like a hangar was damaged.”
Also, the Nur Khan air base was “perhaps the most sensitive military target that India struck.” It was only about 15 miles from the headquarters of the Pakistani Army and the office of the country’s prime minister, as well as not far from the unit that watches over and protects Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal.
The Indian military said it had specifically targeted runways and other facilities at some of Pakistan’s most important air bases. The report said that “satellite images showed the damage” and that on May 10, Pakistan told the Rahim Yar Khan air base that the runway was not operational.
The Indian military said that it had hit two parts of the runway at Sargodha air base in Punjab Province, Pakistan, with high-grade weapons.
“Satellite images of the sites Pakistan claimed to have hit are limited, and so far do not clearly show damage caused by Pakistani strikes even at bases where there was corroborating evidence of some military action.”
According to the NYT report, Pakistani officials said that their troops had “destroyed” India’s Udhampur air base, but “an image from May 12 does not appear to show damage.”
Indian forces used “Operation Sindoor” to launch precise strikes on terror infrastructure early on May 7 in reaction to the 26-person Pahalgam terror attack on April 22.
After India did what it did, Pakistan tried to attack Indian military sites on May 8, 9, and 10. At least six Pakistani military bases were attacked hard by the Indian military. These bases were in Rafiqui, Murid, Chaklala, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur, and Chunian.
Precise weapons were also used to attack radar sites in Pasrur and at the Sialkot air base, doing a lot of damage.
They agreed to end the war on May 10, after four days of intense drone and missile attacks across the border.
