Operation Sindoor: The New York Times reported that India has gained the upper hand in the military confrontation between India and Pakistan. The Indian Air Force has shown superiority in attacking Pakistani military bases and causing damage. This has been revealed through satellite images taken after Operation Sindoor. This development is likely to further increase tensions between the two countries. What exactly is Operation Sindoor?
International media outlet The New York Times has published a sensational report that New Delhi has gained the upper hand over Pakistan in the recent four-day military clash between India and Pakistan. The Indian Air Force has shown a “clear superiority” in targeting Pakistani military installations and airbases , the New York Times said in its report. The report was published based on satellite photos after Operation Sindoor. It said that the Indian attacks caused serious damage to Pakistan’s military infrastructure.
“The four-day military confrontation between India and Pakistan was the most extensive fighting between the two nuclear-armed countries in the past half century. Both sides used drones and missiles to attack each other , testing defense systems and targeting military installations. Both countries claimed to have caused significant damage in their attacks,” the report said.
“According to satellite data, although the attacks were widespread, the damage caused by them was not as expected. But it is clear that the Indian attacks caused more damage to Pakistan,” the report said. “In this technological age, we have confirmed the attacks of both countries through satellite photos. They seem to have effectively hit their targets. But the Indian attacks demonstrated a clear superiority, especially by hitting Pakistani military installations and airbases.”
The NYT said Indian forces carried out a precision strike on the Bholari airbase, 100 miles from Karachi, Pakistan, targeting an aircraft hangar, with footage showing clear damage.
The attack on the Noor Khan airbase, which is close to the Pakistan Army headquarters, the Prime Minister’s office and the nuclear security department, was described as the most sensitive attack by Indian forces. Indian forces said they targeted the runways and other facilities of key Pakistani airbases. On May 10, Pakistan officially announced that the Rahim Yar Khan airbase runway was not operational.
The report said that India targeted two areas on the runway at Sargodha Airbase in Pakistan’s Punjab province with precision weapons.
The NYT stated that Pakistan’s propaganda campaign claiming to have destroyed the Adampur airbase in Punjab, India , was exposed as fake by a satellite photo taken on May 12.
Following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians, India launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ on May 7, carrying out precision strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Following Pakistan’s counter-attacks on Indian military posts on May 8, 9 and 10, Indian forces launched strong counter-attacks on Pakistani military posts such as Rafiki, Murid, Chaklala, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur and Chunian.
They carried out precision strikes on radar stations at PASRUR and Sialkot air bases, causing heavy damage. After four days of intense drone and missile attacks, on May 10, both India and Pakistan agreed to end the conflict.
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