Indian Strikes Leave Crater Near PAF Underground Facility At Murid Air Base, Satellite Images Reveal: Report

Fresh satellite imagery has confirmed significant damage at Pakistan’s Murid air base—one of several military installations hit by Indian precision strikes during Operation Sindoor on 10 May, NDTV reported.

Among the most striking visuals is a large crater, nearly three metres wide, located a mere 30 metres from what is believed to be an underground Pakistan Air Force facility, NDTV reported, citing pre- and post-strike satellite images

Further, a building believed to be the command and control node near the UAV complex of the Murid airbase was also damaged in the Indian strikes.

The undamaged structure from April now bears a collapsed roof and visibly stressed outer walls, suggesting an intense strike.

Situated in Pakistan's Chakwal, Murid is a Forward Operating Base at a distance of 150 km from the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and plays a support role for the larger Sargodha and Nur Khan air bases of PAF, both of which were also hit by Indian strikes on 10 May.

The strikes on May 10 were part of India's Operation Sindoor, launched on 7 May after 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed in the dastardly terror attack in J&K's Pahalgam by Pakistan-backed terrorists on 22 May.

India targeted ten air bases inside Pakistan, including Sargodha (Mushaf), Bholari, Jacobabad, Sukkur, and Rahim Yar Khan.

• At Jacobabad, imagery reveals damage to an aircraft hangar, with scattered debris confirming an airstrike impact.

• Bholari, another key base, saw the roof of a hangar torn apart.

• Sukkur air base, located in Sindh, showed extensive structural damage alongside scorched vegetation—likely from fires caused by the blast.

• Rahim Yar Khan, in southern Punjab, had its runway cratered, possibly disabling take-off or landing capabilities.

• At Sargodha, two different points on the runway were hit—one at an intersection and another along the main strip—according to satellite visuals from 10 May.

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