12-05-2025
Satellite imagery confirms strikes on Pakistani military targets under Op Sindoor
The Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted coordinated precision strikes on at least eight Pakistani military bases on May 10, with satellite imagery confirming significant damage to infrastructure and ground assets. These included radar installations, command and control centres, and ammunition depots in Rafiqui, Murid, Chaklala, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur, Chunian, Pasrur and Sialkot. As per open-source experts, the attacks were carried out using advanced air-launched cruise missiles (ALCMs), likely the BrahMos.
advertisementKawa Space, a satellite intelligence agency based in Bengaluru, shared a bomb damage assessment image of a PAF(Pakistan Air Force) base in Bholari, Jacocabad and Mushaf in Pakistan, showing the impact of a precision strike.
High resolution Imagery shows a direct hit on a hangar at Pakistan Air Force's Bholari Air Base. Debris and structural damage were visible, with the strike's proximity to the runway suggesting that the targeted hangar may have had a quick reaction alert role.
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At Shahbaz Airbase in Jacobabad, another precision strike hit a hangar on the main apron. KawaSpace imagery also suggests possible secondary damage to the air traffic control (ATC) building at the site.
Sargodha Air Base was also hit at two locations.
Sargodha Air Base was also hit at two locations, with updated imagery showing rubble at both the centre of the runway and its intersection.
Imagery from a Chinese satellite firm, MizazVision, shared by open-source expert Damein Symon on his X handle confirms that Pakistan's Nur Khan Airbase was targeted as well. The Indian Air Force strike reportedly focused on disabling ground support vehicles and critical infrastructure on images confirm India's strike on Pakistan's Nur Khan Airbase, a key military facility just 10 km from Islamabad that surrounds the Islamabad International Airport. Formerly known as PAF Station Chaklala, the base supports military operations, VIP transport, aerial refuelling, and is home to multiple transport squadrons and PAF College Chaklala, which trains future air force first site is a small courtyard near the apron where PAF transport aircraft are stationed, showing signs of burning and vehicle destruction—likely fuel trucks—which aligns with the intense fire seen on the night of the attack. The second site shows damage to the roof of a warehouse.
During a press briefing on Sunday, the Indian Armed Forces shared before-after images of Pakistani air defence radars destroyed by India. Satellite images show damage to air defence radars at Pasrur, Chunian and Arifwala.
During a press briefing on Sunday, the Indian Armed Forces shared before-after images of Pakistani air defence radars destroyed by India.
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