Pakistan’s claims of attacks on two Indian air bases fall apart on one detail: The sites don’t exist

Now, more than a year after the Pahalgam attack and India’s forceful retaliation, Pakistan has bizarrely claimed to have attacked two non-existent Indian air bases after suffering heavy losses in counterterrorism operations last year. operation sindor.Strong military action under Operation Sindoor was met with counterattack by Pakistan, with Islamabad launching a series of missiles and drone swarms towards India. However, India’s air defense system intercepted and destroyed every incoming threat in the air, preventing any loss of life or property on Indian soil.Also Read | Operation Sindoor: 88-hour operation defines ‘new normal’ in India’s counterterrorism strategyPakistan named its counter-operation “Operation Bunyan-ul-Masoos” and now bizarre claims from Pakistani military officials have emerged on social media. He said that during Operation Bunyan-ul-Masoos, Pakistan targeted and engaged two air bases, Rajouri and Mamun, both of which are located in the border areas along the India-Pakistan border. However, strangely no such air base exists.In a video shared on social media, a Pakistan Army official told a Pakistani channel that “they were assigned two targets: Rajouri Air Base and Mamun Air Base.”Also read: ‘Why English?’ Pakistan’s strange reaction to Indian journalist on ‘Operation Sindoor’ goes viralRajouri is a town in Jammu and Kashmir located along the Line of Control, a highly militarized region where tensions with Pakistan remain high. Likewise, Mamun is located in Pathankot district of Punjab, another district close to the border, but neither place has an air force base.Last year, at an official briefing, Col. Sophia Qureshi Pakistan’s use of long-range weapons and loitering munitions was confirmed, both of which were intercepted and destroyed by India’s highly coordinated, multi-layered air defense response.