About Tarbela- A lot is being said about it. Somehow , and this is my inference, that maybe the incident I am talking about is slowly coming out into the open via twitter messages such as tarbela.. Just a hunch
About runways being repaired- Most Air forces can repair a runway in 3-4 hours, irrespective of the runway bombs being used.
This is why when countries go to war, it is almost next to impossible to decimate airfield runways unless there is complete air dominance like the US has in its theatres of war.
Did Pakistan respond?
No it did not.
It was told in no uncertain terms that this was a strike in response to the feb 27 attack.
Any response to this would lead to a full scale retaliation from the IAF and maybe even other wings of the forces.
They were clearly told that now the escalation matrix is in your hands. We will not claim anything and you dont need to as well.
Did Pak try to intercept attack.?
I dont know
I didnt ask
My knowledge of tactics tells me that maybe a significant no of aircraft were used to create temporary air dominance in a certain theatre.
When you combine that with awacs and su30 bvr combat ready planes, most adversary aircrafts would have gone cold.
My take
I think pakis realised they are in no position to fight.. Their marquee planes were decimated and they had no objective of going to war.
However these actions have really opened up significant strategic options for India, and we can be sure that their behaviour will change as India will only get more aggressive from hereon.