New York: India demonstrated a decisive advantage over Pakistan in targeting high-value military assets during their recent confrontation, The New York Times (NYT) said in a detailed report supported by high-resolution satellite imagery.
The flare-up that started after India's Operation Sindoor saw both sides unleash drones and precision-guided missiles, and as per the NYT analysis, India’s strikes were significantly more effective and better targeted.
"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 defence capabilities,” the report highlighted.
Among the most significant attacks was a precision strike on the Bholari Air Base near Karachi, where satellite imagery showed visible damage to an aircraft hangar. Even more notable, according to the NYT, was India’s successful strike on the Nur Khan Air Base, “perhaps the most sensitive military target that India struck.” The base is near Pakistan’s army headquarters and is close to the country's nuclear command infrastructure.
In contrast, Pakistan’s claims of striking key Indian bases, including the Udhampur airbase, were not substantiated by satellite evidence. Imagery from May 12 showed no visible damage at the site, raising doubts about the effectiveness of Pakistan’s retaliatory strikes.
Ex-Pentagon official rips Pak apartIndia decisively outmaneuvered Pakistan both diplomatically and militarily in the wake of last month’s Pahalgam terror attack and the subsequent escalation across the Line of Control, said Michael Rubin, a former Pentagon official and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Painting a scathing picture of Pakistan’s battlefield performance, Rubin told ANI news agency, “Militarily, Pakistan is shocked... Pakistan has started every single war with India and yet convinced itself that somehow it has won". “Islamabad went running to try to achieve a ceasefire like a scared dog with its tail between its legs,” Rubin told ANI news agency, adding, “There is absolutely no spin that the Pakistani military can put on what occurred... they not only lost, they lost very, very badly". He stressed that India’s actions were a justified response to aggression. "This wasn't a conflict that India wanted. This was a conflict that was foisted upon India. |
