India-Pakistan conflict escalates again! India bombs Pakistani military base in the early morning, Pakistan retaliates with airstrikes, crippling 70% of its power grid.

The conflict between India and Pakistan escalated sharply today, and Pakistan officially launched Operation "Strong Wall" in retaliation for India's early morning missile attacks on its three military bases and severely damaged a number of Indian military installations, including missile depots and air bases. (Synopsis: India and Pakistan powder keg rekindled) Both sides have nuclear deterrence, who wins military strength and lasting combat power? Historical conflict ending) (Background supplement: Indo-Pakistani war escalated!) Financial Times: 26 killed in Indian airstrikes, Pakistan vows to step up retaliation) India and Pakistan recently erupted in the worst military conflict in decades, and the situation is rapidly escalating today. Pakistan today announced the launch of a counter-attack code-named Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos in response to early morning attacks on its military installations. This intensifying confrontation has not only brought the nuclear-armed two countries to the brink of war, but has cast huge and troubling variables on global geopolitical and economic stability. The spark for this round of conflict stemmed from India's accusations that militants in Pakistan planned a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir late last month that killed 25 Hindu tourists and a tour guide. India then launched several rounds of retaliatory strikes against targets inside Pakistan, including one attack that reportedly killed 31 people. India further alleges that Pakistan launched massive drone attacks on May 8 and 9, numbering up to 400 aircraft and spanning 26 locations, respectively. While Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has denied the allegations, a Pakistani security official has suggested that the previous drone activity may have been a "warm-up" before a full-blown retaliation. Early this morning, Pakistani military spokesman Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said India fired six surface-to-air missiles targeting three of Pakistan's most important military bases: Nur Khan, Murid and Shorkot. He said most of the missiles had been intercepted by Pakistani air defenses. A video circulating on the X platform shows smoke and flames rising in the night sky, and one netizen said: "The Nur Khan base has been attacked." So Nur Khan Airbase was hit by a massive Projectile by India and it has damaged runway no 3 , interceptions are now active in twin cities covering parliament, Constitution Avenue , Presidency and PM House. DG babu to share the same shortly pic.twitter.com/Q8nrT6KKgk — MNA (@Engr_Naveed111) May 9, 2025 Escalation of military operations In the face of India's military pressure, Pakistan launched Operation "Strong Wall" and began to counterattack. Targeted multiple military infrastructure and bases in India, including the Pathankot Air Force Ground in India's Punjab Province, the BrahMos missile storage facility, and the Udhampur Air Base in Indian-administered Kashmir, all of which were surrounded by explosions and anti-aircraft fire. In addition, there are reports that 70% of India's power grid was briefly paralyzed by a large-scale cyberattack during Pakistan's counterattack. Immediately after launching the counterattack, the Pakistani prime minister convened an emergency meeting of the "national command authority", which is responsible for the decision-making and dispatch of Pakistan's nuclear weapons. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said they had avoided affecting civilians and that all targets were military installations that posed a threat to Pakistan. He also stressed: "We absolutely do not want to go to the point of using nuclear weapons." India, for its part, said its military was on high alert and had activated anti-drone systems to counter the threat. At the heart of the conflict's greatest concern is that both India and Pakistan are nuclear-armed states. Pakistan is estimated to have about 170 nuclear warheads and India about 172, and both sides have deployed nuclear-capable short-range tactical nuclear weapons, greatly increasing the risk of a rapid escalation of the conflict due to miscalculations. In contrast to the "Cold Start" concept developed by the Indian military, which advocates rapid response in a conventional conflict without touching the nuclear threshold, Pakistan has not committed to "no first use of nuclear weapons." Its "quid pro quo plus" military doctrine places greater emphasis on responding to an attack with more aggressive retaliation than the enemy, and may see economic blockade or a threat to territorial integrity as a legitimate basis for nuclear retaliation, further raising the nuclear risk. Urgent mediation by the international community The escalation of military confrontation has posed a serious challenge to regional geopolitical stability and brought significant uncertainty to the global economy and financial markets, which may trigger market risk aversion. The U.S. State Department confirmed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had made an urgent phone call with Pakistan Army Commander-in-Chief Asim Munir to call for restraint and de-escalation, while offering to help start a constructive dialogue to avoid future conflict. The G7 has also issued a statement urging India and Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint and immediately enter into direct dialogue. 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