Indian forces have shown their valor to the world under ‘Operation Sindoor’.
Washington: The military action taken by India on Pakistan has caused heavy damage to at least 6 airfields’ runways and buildings. This information has been revealed by the satellite photos and video analysis of Washington Post. Experts say this is the biggest military action between the two countries for decades of tension. In response to a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir on 22 April, the Indian armed forces started ‘Operation Sindoor’ on the intervening night of 6 and 7 May. In this action, terrorist bases were targeted in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (Pojk).
Spread and hit 160 km inside Pakistan
Washington Post reviewed over 24 satellite photos and post -attack video. It found that 3 hangers, 2 runways and 2 mobile buildings used by the Air Force suffered heavy damage in the attack. Some of these hideouts were about 100 miles or 160 km inside Pakistan. “These attacks are India’s biggest air strikes on the Pakistani military structure after the 1971 war at the Washington Post, senior lecturer and South Asian security expert at International Relations at King’s College, London.
Pakistan accepted loss of loss to military bases
William Goodhind, the geophysical analyst of the Contested Ground Project, said, “Accurate attacks were carried out on high-level bases, which were to severely weaken Pakistan’s aggressive and defensive aerial capacity.” India claimed that it targeted 11 locations in Pakistan and described its action as ‘balanced and well -planned’. The locations that Washington Post confirmed the damage to them are also involved. Pakistan military spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhary told reporters that the bases were damaged, but they did not explain the number of affected bases.
2 mobile control center destroyed on Khan airbase
“Satellite proofs are in line with Washington Post, an assistant professor at Albani University and author of the book on the Indo-Pakistan rivalry,” Satellite evidence is in line with the claim that the Indian Army has caused significant damage to many of the Pakistan Air Force’s bases, although it is not disinterested. ” After reviewing satellite photographs, Gudhind said that 2 mobile control centers were destroyed at Noor Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi. The video taken from a nearby parking lot showed smoke from the damaged place.
Bholari and Shahbaz also havoc on Airfields
Noor Khan Airfield is an important base of Pakistan, which is close to the country’s 170 nuclear weapons strategic plans divisions. These weapons are kept at various locations in Pakistan. Apart from this, Rawalpindi itself has military headquarters and joint staff headquarters. A military researcher said on the condition of anonymity, “Such an attack could be understood to be an attempt to destroy the control center of the country.” Satellite photographs showed huge losses to the buildings used as aircraft hangers on Pakistani Air Force Bholari and Shahbaz Airfields.
Shahbaz airbase wide hole more than 100 feet
The roof of a hanger in Bholari had a hole about 60 feet wide, which matches the effect of the missile. The debris outside was scattered and a wall fell on a nearby building. According to the military researcher, Bholari Hanger has Saab 2000 Airborn Early Warning and Control System aircraft, priced at millions of dollars. A hangar on the Shahbaz airbase showed a wide hole over 100 feet, which is only for military use. A control tower was also damaged. According to Goodhind, another hanger collapsed over the attack and a radar site on Sukkur airbase was destroyed, used for both civil and military purposes.
Royal lounge of Sheikh Zayed Airport also damaged
The runways of Mushaf Airfield and Sheikh Zayed International Airport had big pits. According to photographs of Planet and Maxar firm, the pits of Musafas began to be repaired by the next day. The Pakistani Army reported that 5 air force personnel were killed in Bholari and one in Mushaf. Quoting Pakistan’s newspaper Don, the Washington Post said that the royal lounge of Sheikh Zayed Airport has also been badly damaged. Ladvig said, “Attacking so many military bases in Pakistan is a deliberate change.”
India killed more than 100 terrorists in attacks
Ladwig said that India earlier limited its aircraft to POK or remote parts of Pakistan. Now India is considering terrorist attacks as the basis for traditional military response. 26 people were killed and many were injured in the terrorist attack on April 22 in Pahalgam. In response, the Indian armed forces started Operation Sindoor on 7 May and targeted terrorist bases in Pakistan and POK. In this action, more than 100 terrorists associated with terrorist organizations like Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) were killed.
‘India’s policy against Operation Sindoor Terrorism’
After the attack, Pakistan Efforts for cross-border shelling and drone attacks in the Line of Control and Jammu and Kashmir. In response, India attacked strongly and damaged the radar structures, communication centers and air areas on Pakistan’s airfields. On May 10, ‘ceasefire’ was agreed between India and Pakistan. On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Operation Sindoor has set a new record in India’s fight against terrorism and created ‘New Normal’. He said that after the surgical strike and the air strike, Operation is now India’s policy against vermilion terrorism. (Ani)
