Pakistan’s grocery hills
Explainer: India carried out retaliation by running Operation Sindoor against the terror that occurred in Pakistan and targeted many airbase and many other military structures in the neighboring country. Soon after these attacks, the discussion that started on social media was that India attacked the Grocery Hills, where there is alleged Pakistan’s nuclear storage facility. The published report in 2023 by an NGO called Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists stated that the grocery hills and the surrounding areas were identified as “subcutical nuclear test site”.
Why is the discussion of grocery hills so much right now?
In the attack between Pakistan’s Pakistan over Kirana Hills, people suddenly increased interest in this Pakistani location. Many people estimated that India had attacked the Grocery Hills, as Pakistan has many nuclear weapons here. When a journalist asked the same question to the Indian Air Force official in the press briefing that it was being claimed on social media that India had attacked the Mushaf Airbase in Sargodha, allegedly connected to underground nuclear storage under the grocery hills, in which it has used loving and penetrator weapons.
In the press briefing, Air Marshal AK Bharti denied that India has targeted a nuclear facility in the Grocery Hills, the most interesting thing that Air Marshal Bharti also denied information about the existence of nuclear property in Grocery Hills.
‘What is grocery hills, where is and why it is so important?‘
Kirana Hills is in Sargodha district of Pakistan, a huge rocky mountain range and a specified area under the Ministry of Defense of Pakistan. It is often known as “Black Mountain” due to its brown terrain, it is spread between the township of Rabwah and the city of Sargodha, which is part of the Mushaf Air Base. The Kirana Hills is being discussed because Mushf is one of the airbase that India attacked earlier-it is the command headquarters of the Pakistan Air Force and also home to various squadrons of F-16, JF-16.
Why Grocery Hills is in discussion
According to some reports, there are more than 10 underground tunnels in the Grocery Hills, so there is speculation that these tunnels are used to storage of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. In addition, it is located very close to major military establishments, including Sargodha Air Base, which is located only 20 km away, and the Khushab atomic complex (about 75 km), which is considered a very sensitive place.
In 2023, a report by an independent non-profit organization, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists stated that Kirana Hills is a subcutical nuclear test site that Pakistan used to develop its atomic program from 1983 to 1990. The report states that the site consists of possibly ammunition storage area, TEL (Transporter Eractor Launcher) garage and at least 10 underground storage facilities.
Historical data shows that the Pakistani Defense Ministry acquired hills as a defense site in 1970 and established a radar station, which is still in use today. In addition, these hills came out in prominence when American satellites discovered preparations for nuclear tests by Pakistan between 1983 and 1990. It was also said that it continues to maintain its importance as the M-11 missiles supplied by China were believed to be stored there.
What’s in grocery hills
The 2023 report by the US-based nuclear scientists, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist, has identified the Kirana Hills and the surrounding areas as a subcutical nuclear test site. The report states that this site includes ammunition storage area as well as at least 10 underground storage facilities. There are 10 potential transporter eraer launcher (TEL) launcher (TEL) garage and two additional garages at this place at this place. Where the traditional war-equipment is kept, there is an underground storage facility in the hill to the east.
