Pakistan Had Only Seconds to Assess Indian Missile Threat: PM’s Aide.
A senior Pakistani politician has revealed that the country’s military had just 30 to 45 seconds to determine whether a BrahMos missile launched by India was carrying a nuclear warhead, during the tense escalation that followed India’s Operation Sindoor. Rana Sanaullah, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, said in an interview that the BrahMos strike on the Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi left Pakistan’s defense forces scrambling to respond.
“When India fired BrahMos at Nur Khan airbase, Pakistan’s military had only seconds to determine if it was nuclear. That’s a dangerous situation,” he said. Sanaullah claimed that former U.S. President Donald Trump played a key role in defusing the crisis, stating that his intervention helped prevent a potential nuclear conflict.
“There could have been a nuclear war. If President Trump helped prevent that, his role must be acknowledged. That’s why Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize,” he added. India, however, has denied any U.S. involvement in the ceasefire, asserting that the de-escalation came through direct military communication between Indian and Pakistani officials.
The BrahMos missile struck a high-security airbase in Chaklala, raising alarm within Pakistan’s security establishment. The incident formed part of India’s larger retaliatory operation against terror infrastructure, following a deadly attack in Pahalgam.
Two weeks ago, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar admitted that Indian forces targeted two major airbases — a rare acknowledgment after earlier denials by the government and military. India launched Operation Sindoor on May 10, using multiple variants of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile — developed jointly with Russia — to hit runways, bunkers, and hangars in Pakistani territory.
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