Operation Sindoor: Satellite Images Reveal Extensive Damage to Pakistan’s Murid and Nur Khan Airbases

Operation Sindoor: Only recently released high-resolution satellite images reveal that the airstrikes conducted during Operation Sindoor on Murid Air Base, Pakistan, may have targeted a suspected underground facility. The high-resolution satellite captured a significant amount of destruction at the Murid air base, including a three-meter wide crater located only thirty meters from a Pakistan Air Force underground facility, and damage to the rooftop of a building next to the unmanned aerial vehicle hangars.

A few points regarding India's strike at Murid Airbase, Pakistan

NO proof to support wild nuclear chatter
NO evidence for sub-suface damage
YES its deeply buried/protected - could store weapons or protect personnel
YES strike is symbolic, with intent to warn pic.twitter.com/0NMMb9ueKc

— Damien Symon (@detresfa_) May 28, 2025

The Maxar Technologies high-resolution satellite imagery showed a crater it measured as nearly a three-meter wide crater located thirty meters from the entrance to a heavily protected sub-complex that is protected by double fencing, watch towers, and strict security.

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According to Damien Symon, a geo-intelligence researcher for the Intel Lab, the crater’s location so close to what is likely an underground facility could mean that India was attempting to strike buried capabilities that may provide command-and-control functions or else ground based drone capabilities.

In addition, the airstrike seems to have penetrated the perimeter defenses of this high-value area, suggesting the use of precision-guided munitions and deep-penetration targeting, if confirmed, could be the first known occurrence of India trying to disable subterranean military infrastructure in Pakistan.

Other damage at the airbase was apparent from the roof of what appeared to be a command-and-control building right next to a UAV complex and hangar. The roof of the airbase had noticeable, discernable impact damage and evidence of damage to internal systems — evidence that a projectile struck in an almost direct fashion — according to Symon.

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In the interim, the Maxar imagery of Nur Khan air base, impacted during Operation Sindoor, presented a more extensive than originally estimated damage if not larger damage area.

The most recent satellite imagery taken after the strikes "clearly showed" that a building complex near what was originally assessed to be India's main target "was demolished," said Symon.

While initial observations on May 10 had noted the destruction of special-use trucks, the most recent images noted structural destruction that might represent portions of the airbase rendered inoperable by damages that could not be repaired.

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