Minhas Airbase on Heightened Alert After Attack

Heightened security can be seen outside of Minhas Airbase at Kamra, in the Punjab province of Pakistan, where Pakistan manufactures JF 17 jets, in a joint operation with China.

Thursday morning, before dawn the base was attacked by militants that were part of the Taliban.

After hours of gun battle the militants were driven off, after eight of their number were killed; one soldier lost his life as well.

Some of the militants breached security, in the cover of darkness, by climbing a nine foot wall and crawling through barbed wire.

The infiltrators were wearing military uniforms, but had explosive devices strapped to their bodies.

When they were caught approaching aircraft hangers, the battle began, and was joined by militants on the outside.

For over an hour after the battle, small explosions were heard as the military started controlled detonations of bombs that had been planted by the infiltrators.

It is unclear how many were wounded in the assault, or what damage occurred to the base.