section_path: Aerial strikes and skirmishes/Strikes on Pakistani air bases
section_name: Strikes on Pakistani air bases
paragraph_text: Strikes on Pakistani air bases
  
  On 7 and 8 May 2025, as a retaliation to Pakistan's mass of drone incursions and missiles, while also denying that it had done anything at all, India struck its military sites, disabling some of the key air defence installations. In response to a further barrage of drone and missile strikes on the night of 9 May, Indian Armed Forces carried out multiple air-strike operations, but this time with an expanded scope to target Pakistani military installations. As per Indian media reports, the air strikes were planned by India's Chief of the Air Staff Amar Preet Singh while National Security Advisor Ajit Doval granted the final clearance. These strikes were reportedly conducted by Indian Air Force's Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter jets armed with BrahMos missiles. The use of BrahMos was later confirmed by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
  
  The New York Times and The Washington Post analysed before and after satellite images of six military airbases of Pakistan that showed major damages that were inflicted during the air strikes. India managed to cause damage deep inside the Pakistani side, targeting airfields and more defense systems, and also striking near one of Pakistan's crucial strategic headquarters. Indian missiles and drones barraged on six major Pakistani Air Bases and other facilities.
  
  The New York Times commented that India appeared to have had a clear edge is in its targeting of Pakistan's military facilities and airfields.
  
  India's Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said during an interview with Reuters that IAF "flew all types of aircraft with all types of ordinances on the 10th". He also said that all most of the strikes had achieved pinpoint accuracy with "some even to a metre to whatever was our selected mean point of impact".