Pakistanis share visuals of Indian missiles damaging air force bases. Explosions heard in video

Visuals from Pakistan's air force bases Nur Khan and Shahbaz. (Image credit: @abhijitmajumder, @Lone_wolf110/X)

Even as India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire following a missile attack in Pakistan, which saw the Indian forces target 10 Pakistani airbases early Saturday, visuals of the attack shared by Pakistani nationals continue to get widely circulated on social media. Among them, some include satellite images confirming significant damage to infrastructure and ground assets, and others include videos of the missiles hitting the air bases.

Notably, India's attack on Pakistan's Nur Khan airbase in Chaklala may have marked the turning point in the tit-for-tat escalation between the two countries. The strategic airforce base is located just 10km from Pakistan's capital Islamabad, and serves as a highly sensitive military compound. It is also located close to the headquarters of Pakistan’s Strategic Plans Division, which oversees and secures the country’s nuclear arsenal—now estimated to comprise 170 or more warheads.

They say this Indian missile strike on Pakistans Nur Khan airbase led to the #ceasefire.Nur apparently has nukes, and a foreign aircraft has landed to check for radioactivity.It made Pakistan panic and call the US, which asked it to call India directly for a truce.Cowards. pic.twitter.com/XhcIGjY5Jj
Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) May 11, 2025

Footage from social media shows the exact moment when Indian missile attack the Nur Khan base, causing a massive explosion. Some satellite images circulating on social media also show the heat signature and damage caused to the base.

The strike on Nur Khan Airbase (Rawalpindi) was so massive, even NASA's FIRMS satellite picked up the heat signature. pic.twitter.com/Nu9OU7TY0C Keshav (@Lone_wolf110) May 9, 2025

Pakistan Air Force Base Shahbaz in Jacobabad was also targetted in the recent attacks. Videos from the area show the air base and the ATC engulfed in smoke.

Local footage confirms that Pakistan Air Force Base Shahbaz in Jacobabad has been struck.The ATC tower is seen engulfed in smoke.Likely damage to the runway as well. pic.twitter.com/SCk3XUDN6n
Keshav (@Lone_wolf110) May 10, 2025

Moneycontrol could not independently verify the authenticity of these videos or images.

A report by the Indian Express said that India chose to attack the Nur Khan base and others to target Pakistan military's technical infrastructure, command and control centres, radar sites and weapon storage areas.

Satellite images show that Pakistan’s Bholari Airbase also suffered significant damage due to the strikes. Damien Symon, a prominent OSINT analyst who operates the widely followed account detresfa_ on X, corroborated the findings, noting, “Imagery released by Kawa Space spotlights damage at Pakistan’s Bholari Airbase – the Indian Air Force strike appears to have severely damaged a hangar, debris visible along with structural damage. Runway proximity suggests a quick reaction role for the hangar.”