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Well, the international media has finally uncloaked the reality of Pak army’s hyper-inflated claims of unprecedented retribution in response to Indian incursion earlier this month. While Asim Khanzeer’s militia proved to be inept in rendering any decisive insult upon Indians, it was the prowess and professionalism of PAF which saved the day for us.
Guess the losers suck at both politics and war.
May 14, 2025
The four-day military clash between India and Pakistan was the most expansive fighting in half a century between the two nuclear-armed countries. As both sides used drones and missiles to test each other’s air defenses and hit military facilities, they claimed to inflict severe damage.
But satellite imagery indicates that while the attacks were widespread, the damage was far more contained than claimed — and appeared mostly inflicted by India on Pakistani facilities. In a new age of high-tech warfare, strikes by both sides appeared to be precisely targeted.
Indian claimed attacks
Pakistani claimed attacks
CHINA
KASHMIR
REGION
Pahalgam
Militant attack
on April 22
Udhampur
air base
Islamabad
Nur Khan
air base
Sargodha
air base
Lahore
PAKISTAN
INDIA
Rahim Yar
Khan airfield
Bholari air base
Gujarat
What is increasingly clear is that both sides suffered casualties among their armed forces, with India acknowledging the loss of five soldiers and Pakistan reporting 11. The heaviest blow to India appears to be the loss of aircraft. While the Indian government has not said how many went down, officials and diplomats say that at least two aircraft were lost, and most likely more.
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 defense capabilities.
High-resolution satellite imagery, from before and after the strikes, shows clear damage to Pakistan’s facilities by Indian attacks, if limited and precise in nature.
At Bholari air base, located less than 100 miles from the Pakistani port city of Karachi, India’s defense officials said they had struck an aircraft hangar with a precision attack. The visuals showed clear damage to what looks like a hangar.
Kashmir
region
PAK.
INDIA
Bholari air base
Before
Aircraft
hangar
After
Sources: Satellite images by Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs
The Nur Khan air base, within a roughly 15-mile range of both the Pakistani Army’s headquarters and the office of the country’s prime minister and a short distance from the unit that oversees and protects Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, was perhaps the most sensitive military target that India struck.
Kashmir
region
PAK.
INDIA
Nur Khan air base
Before
After
Building
damaged
Sources: Satellite images by Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs
The Indian military said it had particularly targeted the runways and other facilities at some of Pakistan’s key air bases. Satellite images showed the damage. On May 10, Pakistan issued a notice for Rahim Yar Khan air base saying that the runway was not operational.
Kashmir
region
PAK.
INDIA
Rahim Yar
Khan airfield
N
Crater on
the runway
Sources: Satellite images by Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs
At Sargodha air base, in Punjab Province in Pakistan, the Indian military said it had used precision weapons to strike two sections of the runway.
Kashmir
region
PAK.
INDIA
1
Sargodha
air base
2
1
Crater on
the runway
2
Crater on
the runway
Sources: Satellite images by Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs
Pakistan’s military listed two dozen Indian military installations and bases that it said its forces had targeted. While Indian officials have acknowledged “limited damage” at four air bases, they have offered few details.
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.
Pakistani officials, according to state media, said their forces had “destroyed” India’s Udhampur air base. The family of one Indian soldier has confirmed his death on the base. But an image from May 12 does not appear to show damage.
Kashmir
region
PAK.
INDIA
Udhampur air base
No significant damage observed
Source: Satellite image by Planet Labs
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Guess the losers suck at both politics and war.
India and Pakistan Talked Big, but Satellite Imagery Shows Limited Damage
By Agnes Chang, Pablo Robles and Mujib MashalMay 14, 2025
The four-day military clash between India and Pakistan was the most expansive fighting in half a century between the two nuclear-armed countries. As both sides used drones and missiles to test each other’s air defenses and hit military facilities, they claimed to inflict severe damage.
But satellite imagery indicates that while the attacks were widespread, the damage was far more contained than claimed — and appeared mostly inflicted by India on Pakistani facilities. In a new age of high-tech warfare, strikes by both sides appeared to be precisely targeted.
Indian claimed attacks
Pakistani claimed attacks
CHINA
KASHMIR
REGION
Pahalgam
Militant attack
on April 22
Udhampur
air base
Islamabad
Nur Khan
air base
Sargodha
air base
Lahore
PAKISTAN
INDIA
Rahim Yar
Khan airfield
Bholari air base
Gujarat
What is increasingly clear is that both sides suffered casualties among their armed forces, with India acknowledging the loss of five soldiers and Pakistan reporting 11. The heaviest blow to India appears to be the loss of aircraft. While the Indian government has not said how many went down, officials and diplomats say that at least two aircraft were lost, and most likely more.
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 defense capabilities.
High-resolution satellite imagery, from before and after the strikes, shows clear damage to Pakistan’s facilities by Indian attacks, if limited and precise in nature.
At Bholari air base, located less than 100 miles from the Pakistani port city of Karachi, India’s defense officials said they had struck an aircraft hangar with a precision attack. The visuals showed clear damage to what looks like a hangar.
Kashmir
region
PAK.
INDIA
Bholari air base
Before
Aircraft
hangar
After
Sources: Satellite images by Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs
The Nur Khan air base, within a roughly 15-mile range of both the Pakistani Army’s headquarters and the office of the country’s prime minister and a short distance from the unit that oversees and protects Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, was perhaps the most sensitive military target that India struck.
Kashmir
region
PAK.
INDIA
Nur Khan air base
Before
After
Building
damaged
Sources: Satellite images by Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs
The Indian military said it had particularly targeted the runways and other facilities at some of Pakistan’s key air bases. Satellite images showed the damage. On May 10, Pakistan issued a notice for Rahim Yar Khan air base saying that the runway was not operational.
Kashmir
region
PAK.
INDIA
Rahim Yar
Khan airfield
N
Crater on
the runway
Sources: Satellite images by Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs
At Sargodha air base, in Punjab Province in Pakistan, the Indian military said it had used precision weapons to strike two sections of the runway.
Kashmir
region
PAK.
INDIA
1
Sargodha
air base
2
1
Crater on
the runway
2
Crater on
the runway
Sources: Satellite images by Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs
Pakistan’s military listed two dozen Indian military installations and bases that it said its forces had targeted. While Indian officials have acknowledged “limited damage” at four air bases, they have offered few details.
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.
Pakistani officials, according to state media, said their forces had “destroyed” India’s Udhampur air base. The family of one Indian soldier has confirmed his death on the base. But an image from May 12 does not appear to show damage.
Kashmir
region
PAK.
INDIA
Udhampur air base
No significant damage observed
Source: Satellite image by Planet Labs
India and Pakistan Talked Big, but Satellite Imagery Shows Limited Damage
While the attacks were widespread, the damage was far more contained than both sides claimed.
