Shaky phone camera footage from a rooftop hundreds of yards away appeared to show something erupting in flames on impact. Islamabad issued a notice to airmen announcing the total closure of its airspace from 3.15am until noon on Saturday. At 5.52am, state-run Pakistani media reported that the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) had struck air bases in Pathankot, Udhampur and a storage site in the Beas region for the long-range, supersonic Brahmos missile. An “eye for an eye”, said a statement from Pakistan’s military. In Srinagar, the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, residents took shelter from pounding explosions on their lower floors.
