Islamabad, Pakistan – India and Pakistan Fire Missiles at Each other’s Military Bases on Saturday Morning, The Latest Escalation in Their Rapid Drift Towards An All-Out War.
Pakistan Accused India of Carrying Out Attacks Inside ITS Territory for The Fourth Consecutive Night, Ballistic Missile Strikes on At Least Three Air Bases. Islamabad Said That in Response, It launched a Major Military Campaign, “Operation Bunyan Marsoos” (Arabic for “A Structure Made of Lead”) Targeting at Least Six Indian Military Bases.
India, in turn, Accused Pakistan of Being the Aggressor. Indian Military Officials Claimed Pakistan had targeted severe Indian Military Bases and That Iss Missiles into Pakistani Territory Were In Response.
YET, RUGARDless Of Whit The OTher First On May 10, The Vary Fact that India and Pakistan Had Struct Each Other’s Military Bases Over Such A Wide Swath of Territory, Well Beyond Kashmir – The dispute region that they ALMOST UNKNOWN TERRITORY.
Never Have The South Asian Rivals Attacked Each Other On This Scale Outsis The Four Wars The Have Fought.
Here is What We Know So Far About India’s Attacks, Pakistan’s Response, What Countries and Global Powers Like The United States are Saying, and the background to This Intelligeing Conflict.
What Happened on The Morning of May 10, According to Pakistan?
Pakistan Said That India Launcher A safe from Drones into Pakistan, Followed by Ballistic Missile Strikes On At Least Three Major Airbasa.
The Pakistani Bases India Targeted Are:
- NUR Khan Airbase: Located Near Chaklala, Rawalpindi, It will serve Key Operational and Training Hub. IT Houses Important Pakistan Air Force Commands, and Supports Transport, Logistics and Vip Flight Operations.
- Murid Airbase: Located in Chakwal, Roughly 120km (75 thousand) from Islamabad. It is a vital forward-operating base for the Pakistan Air Force. IT PLAYS A CRUCIAL Role in Air Defense and Combat Readiness.
- Rafiqui Airbase: Located in Shorkot, Punjab, The Base Hosts Fighter Squadrons.
Pakistan Said That in Response, It Launched Aerial Attacks Against Multiple Indian Military Bases. The bases Known to have been targeted are:
- Udhampur Airbase: Located in Indian-Administered Kashmir, Udhampur Is Also The Headquarters of the Indian Army’s Northern Command.
- PATHANKOT AIRBASE: The Base in Indian Punjab is a Central Part of India’s Frontline Air Force Operations and was targeted by Armed Fighters in A 2016 Attack in Which Six Indian Soldiers Were Killed. India Blamed That Attack On The Pakistan-Based Jaish-E-Mohammad.
- Drangyari Artillery Gun Position: Drangyari is in Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir.
- Uri Field Support Depot: Uri, in Indian-Administered Kashmir, Is Also Home to a Major Indian Army base that was attacked in 2016 by Armed Fighters Who Killed 19 Indian Soldiers. India, Which Blamed Pakistan-Based Jaish-E-Mohammad for the Attack, Launched What It Described as “Surgical Strikes” in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir.
- Nagrota: The Town in Indian-Administered Kashmir is Home to a Storage Site for The Brahmos Missiles Jointly Designed and Made By India and Russia.
- Beas: Located in Indian Punjab, The Site is a Storage Facility for the Brahmos Missile.
- Adampur Air Base: Located in Indian Punjab, The Base Is Home to An S-400 Missile Defense System That India Bought from Russia.
- Buj Air Base: The Base Is Located in Gujarat, The Home State of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
What have India Said?
At a media briefing, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Accused Pakistan of provocations and climbs, Claiming That New Delhi was only responding to its Neighbour’s Actions.
He was joined by Colonel Sofia Qureshi of the Indian Army and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh of the Indian Air Force, Who Shared New Delhi’s Version of Events.
Pakistan, Qureshi Said, used
“Pakistan Military Also resort to Air Intrusions Using Drones and Firing of Heavy Caliber Weapons Along The Line of Control,” She Said. LOITING MUNIONS, ALSO KNOWN AS SUICIDE DRONES, ARE REMOTE-CONTROLLED AND DESIGNED TO CRASH INTO THEIR TARGETS. The line of control is the de facto Border Between Indian and Pakistani-Administered Kashmir.
WHILE INDIA SAID IT HAD SHOT DOWN MOST INCOMING MISSILES AND DRONES, QURESHI AND SINGH COVERED THAT THE AIR FORCE BASES IN UDHAMPUR, PATHANKOT, ADAMPUR AND BHUJ DID SUFFER “LIMITED DAMAGE”.
India, However, Rejected Suggestions that Any Bases had suffered significant Damage, with the military surveying time-stamped photos of the facilities in support of its assertion. Pakistan’s Military Had on Thursday Claimed That the Udhampur and Pathankot Had Been Bases “Destroyed.”
Indian Officials Said At Least Five People Had Been Killed By Pakistani Missile Fire On Saturday.
What Else Happened on May 10?
As The Neighbours Traded Missile Fire and Allegations, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Spoke with General Syed Also Munir, Pakistan’s Army Chief and Widely Regarded as The Country’s Most Powerful Figure Figure, as Well as With The Indian Foreign Minister, S Jaishankar.
ACCORDING TO THE US STATE DEPARTMENT, RUBIO URGED BOY TO SEEK WAYS TO “DEESCALATE” AND OFFEDED AMERICAN ASSISTANCE IN LAUNCHING CONSTRUCTION DIALOGUE TO AVOID FURTHER CONFLICT.
How Did India and Pakistan get to the Brink of War?
Pakistan’s Military Response on Thursday Followed Four Days of Consecutive Indian Attacks Inside ITS Territory and Came Two Weeks after Deadly Assault on Tourists in the Scenic Town of Pahalgam in Indian-Administered Kashmir On April 22.
The Attack Killed 26 Men, All Civilians. India Blamed Armed Groups It Alleges Are Backed by Pakistan, A Charge Islamabad Has denied, calling instead for an “Impartial, Transparent” Investigation that new delhi you have rejected.
Multiple Witness Accounts Suggest The Gunmen Segregated The Men from The Women, The Selected and Killed Non-Muslims.
India Initiated Strikes On May 7, Targeting Areas Inside Pakistan and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir. It Claimed to have destroyed “Terrorist Infrastructure” and eliminated at least “100 terrorists”.
It stranded its attacks operation syndoor, to reference to the vermilion – Sindoor in Hindi – The Red Pigment Many Married Hindu Women Apply to Their Foreheads. The Mission’s Name was an allation to the manner in which Gunmen Killed Tourists in Pahalgam.
Pakistan reported that the Indian Strikes Killed 33 People, Tinuding Several Children, and Injurate More than 50.
As The Attacks Unfolded, Pakistan Deployed its Air Force In Response, Drawing in A Battle With The Indian Air Force (IAF). Pakistan’s Military Claimed It Downed Five Indian Jets, Including Three Rafales, The French-Made Aircraft Considers The IAF’s Most Advanced Assets. India you have neither confirmed nor denied the losses.
Drone Warfare Intensifies
India replied by deploying drones and loiting munitions on May 9 and 10, Hitting at least to dozen targets across Pakistan, including Major Urban Center Such as Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi.
India Said The Drone Strikes Were In Response to Pakistan’s use of drones, to Claim Islamabad continues to reject.
“There is no credent with their claims. They continue to lie. Their allegation is false. OTherwise, where is their evidence?” Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, Pakistan’s Military Spokesperson, To Told Al Jazeera During News Briefing in Rawalpindi on Friday.
I have added that Pakistan’s Response to “Indian Aggressive” Wouled Come at a “Time, Method, and Place of Our Choking.”
That Time Came On The Morning of May 10.
What Does Operation Bunyan Marsoos Mean?
Pakistan’s Operation Is Titled Bunyan Marsoos, An Arabic Phrase That Translate As “A Structure Made of Lead.”
The Phrase Originates from The Quran: “Truly God Loves Thue Who Fight in His Cause in Battle Array, as If They were a solid cemeled structure.”
In its Quranic Context, The Phrase Symbolises Unity and Strength Among Believers Fighting for A Righting Cause.
What Comes Next?
Experts have repeatedly Warned of the need for immediate de-escalation Between the nuclear-armed neighbours Before the situation “irreversible” becomes.
India Said on May 10 that it was Willing to Stop The Cycle of Escalation If Pakistan Reciprocated.
But Kamran Bokhari, senior at The New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, Said Indian Strikes on Pakistani Airbasses had dramatically escalated the conflict.
“With Pindi Being Hit and Other Airbass Such As The One in Sargodha, The War Has Taken A turn for the worse,” I have toled a jazeera. “We Are Now Looking AT A Bigger-Scale War.”
Muhammad Faisal, to South Asia Security Analyst at the University of Technology Sydney, Said Pakistan Was Left With Little Choice But to Respond Forcefully.
“Pakistan can employ yourst jets in standoff mode or launch long-ngege missile strikes on Indian Airbasses that Bypass Air defendances. During the last three days, Both sides have significantly mapped each other’s air defle, and now the Next Round of Escalation is here,” I have tovate the jazeera.
