Little To Show Post Operation Sindoor, Pak Tries Hard Again With Doctored Images

New Delhi:

Did Pakistan hit a Sukhoi-30MKI parked at Adampur air base in Punjab? Or destroy an S-400 surface-to-air missile unit at Bhuj airfield in Gujarat? Those are the two latest fantasies being pushed as part of a month-long campaign of wishful thinking and weaponised misinformation from Islamabad.

In the wake of India’s Operation Sindoor, Pakistan had scrambled to project a counter-narrative of success in hitting Indian airfields and installations. With little to show by way of actual damage on Indian military infrastructure, it turned to doctored satellite images, fake visuals, and misinformation campaigns. Two new instances show Pakistan hasn’t given up, and is relying even more heavily on doctored or incorrectly projected imagery to suggest damage.

Top imagery analyst Damien Symon has serially debunked these claims over the last month, exposing how Pakistan attempted to fabricate battlefield success using recycled, manipulated, or misunderstood visuals, including imagery supplied by a Chinese satellite firm.

Pakistan claimed it had struck and damaged a Sukhoi-30MKI at India’s Adampur airbase. The satellite image used to support the claim showed a jet near what appeared to be a burn mark. Upon review, the image turned out to be from a time before the conflict and actually depicted a MiG-29 undergoing routine maintenance. The supposed damage was nothing more than soot buildup from repeated engine testing.