Pakistan’s latest false propaganda on Operation Sindoor exposed: Fake satellite images of Amritsar attacks surfaced

Pro-Pakistan social media accounts have re-shared misleading “before and after” satellite images, falsely claiming that **Operation Sindoor** led to successful strikes on Indian military bases in Punjab, including the Amritsar Air Force Station and a BrahMos site in Beas, during the India-Pakistan conflict in May 2025.

Independent open-source intelligence analysts, including Damien Simon (@detresfa_), have completely refuted these claims using verifiable satellite imagery from sources such as Google Earth and commercial providers. The photographs show no evidence of any damage—the buildings are intact, and the observed changes are due to routine maintenance, such as roof repairs or pre-existing scars, rather than the effects of explosions, craters, burn marks, or debris.

This new campaign, which began around January 1, 2026—seven months after the four-day conflict ended on May 10, 2025—lacks a timestamp, source information, or verification. During the actual fighting, Pakistan failed to provide any credible evidence of alleged retaliatory attacks, despite claims of downing Indian aircraft and attacking positions.

Summary of Operation Vermillion
India carried out precision strikes on May 7, 2025, targeting nine terrorist infrastructure sites linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The attack was in response to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22, in which 26 civilians were killed. Pakistan retaliated with drone and missile attacks, but Indian security forces largely repelled them, and India’s major military assets suffered no damage.

Experts see this false propaganda as an attempt to strengthen the domestic atmosphere in Pakistan, especially after acknowledging the loss of several airbases. Such tactics highlight information warfare, but the truth is: there is no verifiable evidence of Pakistani attacks on Indian targets in Punjab during the conflict.