By Satyaki Chakraborty
More than seven weeks have passed since India-Pakistan ceasefire took place on May 10 at 5 PM after four days of war. As more and more insights are being made available to the global defence experts relating to India’s performance in its Operation Sindoor, critical acclaim is coming for the superb manner Indian Air Force carried out its missile and drone strikes against the Pakistani terror camps and military bases with record precision. The latest details about India’s devastating strike at Noor Khan Airbase have stunned with awe the global defence experts as also the leading powers.
Fresh revelations have surfaced, unveiling the staggering extent of damage inflicted by the Indian Forces on Pakistan’s Noor Khan Airbase, giving a big boost to the military brilliance in terms of both planning and execution in obliterating Pakistan’s strategic core by crippling the air capabilities..On the basis of the latest details, discussions have started globally about how India has excelled in modern warfare, especially in cyberwar. India has redefined in its own way the intricacies of modern warfare.
The devastation caused by Indian forces at Noor Khan Airbase virtually stunned Pakistan military. India dismantled this base which is a fortress engineered with 3-5 meter thick steel-reinforced concrete bunkers, buried 40-50 meters underground, and fortified with cutting-edge EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) protection, nuclear-capable air filtration systems, and a Faraday Cage to block all electromagnetic interference, including microwaves and radio signals.
This base was constructed with American expertise from General Electric and linked to US satellite communication systems. This was Pakistan’s ultimate C4I (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence) hub, a facility designed to survive even a nuclear strike.
Noor Khan is located just 4 km from Pakistan’s GHQ via a secure, non-public road, this bunker was their strategic plans division’s nerve center, housing cyber command, satellite communications (SATCOM), and potentially VIP bunkers.
The Indian strike was carried out after two years of meticulous preparation!! The Indian Air Force executed a strike of unparalleled precision, targeting a ventilation shaft, a mere 2×2 foot opening from 600 km away travelling at near-supersonic speeds (just below the speed of sound).
This pinpoint accuracy, guided by India’s indigenous NavIC satellite navigation system, demolished two mobile command trucks, a Level C secure bunker (accessible only to top-tier personnel), and potentially nuclear-capable Ra’ad cruise missile storage.
The strike’s impact was so devastating that it flattened a 40×40 meter section of the facility, with satellite imagery revealing a massive thermal anomaly (2.6°C to 4.1°C hotter than surrounding areas) and a completely demolished structure. The defence analysts are now saying that this attack of India was a super instance of kinetic and cyber warfare which eventually led to Pakistan’s ability to respond. That was the time when Pakistan pleaded to the US to intervene and organize ceasefire.
Sources say that by severing Pakistan’s American SATCOM links, India disrupted their real-time data links critical for operating F-16 fighters, AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control Systems), and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) networks. This meant that Pakistan was completely crippled due to the dismantling of their air defence system.
The thermal anomaly detected by the European Union’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites and corroborated by US Global Hawk thermal maps confirmed the destruction of critical infrastructure, including cryogenically regulated weapon storage and climate-controlled data centres in the Pakistani base.
This wasn’t just a physical strike, it was a cyber-kinetic combo that knocked Pakistan’s cyber command offline, corrupted their encrypted control systems, and triggered an automatic data dump to backup sites in Sargodha and Masroor, which India also targeted.
The internet blackout in the area just before the strike suggests India’s intelligence agencies executed a preemptive cyber operation, rendering Pakistan’s military blind and deaf. This Indian operation exposed vulnerabilities in NATO standard bunkers (similar in design to those in Turkey) forcing global powers to reassess their own defence architectures.
Indian sources say that the strike’s precision, achieved with a Circular Error Probable (CEP) of mere feet, sets a new benchmark for missile accuracy, rivalling and surpassing systems like the American Tomahawk or Israeli Delilah.
Defense analysts worldwide, from Jane’s Review to The Defense Forum, are buzzing about India’s ability to neutralize a nuclear-capable command center, signalling to adversaries that India can strike with impunity, anywhere, anytime!
This has not only humiliated Pakistan but also sent a chilling message to global powers! India’s NavIC-guided arsenal and open-source intelligence (OSINT) capabilities are a force to be reckoned with, reshaping the geopolitics of warfare.. China, the all weather friend of Pakistan, is most worried. It is just not the quality of the equipment, it is more with the technical prowess and expertise in handling by the Indians. This Operation Sindoor has given the signal that a world class scientific minds of modern warfare are growing in India. They are in a position to deal with any scenario.
India’s Message was Decapitation Lite Redefines Warfare. This operation, dubbed “Decapitation Lite,” wasn’t about total annihilation but about surgically paralyzing Pakistan’s ability to wage war. Unlike other global powers (yes, we’re looking at Israel and the USA), who have struggled to effectively target C4I infrastructure (like Iran’s), India executed a textbook operation that left Pakistan’s secondary strike capability, their ability to retaliate after a first strike in ruins.
By targeting the ventilation shaft, India ensured maximum disruption with minimal collateral damage, showcasing a level of sophistication that blends kinetic precision with cyber dominance.
The NavIC system, India’s answer to GPS, proved its mettle by guiding the missile to a target smaller than a drum, a feat that stunned analysts given the 600 km range and high-altitude flight path.
The strike also exposed Pakistan’s over-reliance on American technology, as their F-16 data links and SATCOM systems went offline, leaving their air force “flying blind.” The operation’s success is a testament to India’s two-year rehearsal, which included mock strikes and intelligence-gathering through OSINT and possibly human intelligence (HUMINT), as hinted by the mysterious disappearance of a source codenamed Falcon Striker 72 within 36 hours of leaking critical details.
This strike has silenced critics who doubted India’s capabilities, proving that while others talk of controlling the skies, India owns the air.
Pakistan’s dilemma is stark: they can’t admit this catastrophic loss…imagine confessing that India obliterated their nuclear command center, leaving their generals helpless and their secure lines severed. Pakistan will now think many times before resorting to any adventurous action against India again. (IPA Service)
