New Delhi/Islamabad: India on Friday accepted the supersonic missile that landed in India. Pakistan It was “accidentally fired” from one of its locations on Wednesday evening in what is widely seen as an extremely dangerous incident that could have led to a confrontation between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
After Pakistan summoned the Indian envoy in Islamabad on Friday morning to lodge a strong protest over the “unprovoked” violation of its airspace by an Indian-origin “supersonic flying object”, the Indian Ministry of Defense (Ministry of Defence) said in the evening that a “technical fault” during “routine maintenance” resulted in “accidental firing of the missile”.
“The Government of India has taken a serious view and ordered a High Level Court of Inquiry (COI). While the incident is extremely regrettable, it is also a matter of relief that there has been no loss of life due to the accident (when it crashed 124 km inside Pakistani territory),” the MoD said in a brief statement.
Although the Defense Ministry did not identify the missile in question, sources said it was a brahmos Land-attack supersonic cruise missile, a conventional (non-nuclear) precision-strike weapon that flies at Mach 2.8 at nearly three times the speed of sound, was accidentally launched from an IAF base in North India Was.
“This is a very dangerous incident to happen between two nuclear-armed neighbors who have fought wars in the past. It is disturbing that such a launch could happen… The missile has several built-in locks. Fortunately, the missile But there was no warhead. Otherwise, it could have caused a lot of damage,” said a source.
While India inadvertently activated a hotline to inform Pakistan about the launch, the CoI will ascertain that this despite several security measures as well as command and control measures to prevent any such escalating move. How can this kind of accidental missile-firing happen?
Pakistan understood. In a statement, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said such “irresponsible incidents” reflect India’s “neglect of air security and apathy towards regional peace and stability”.
Indian charge d’affaires were told of the “indiscriminate launch” of the flying object, which entered from Pakistan Suratgarh It was launched in India on Wednesday at 6:43 pm from Sirsa in Haryana and fell near Mian Chunnu town at around 6:50 pm, causing not only damage to civilian property, but also endangering human life.
In addition, the flight path of the flying object endangered many domestic and international flights within Pakistani airspace and could result in a serious aviation accident as well as civilian casualties, Pakistan said.
“The envoy of India was asked to strongly condemn the blatant violation of Pakistani airspace by Pakistan in violation of established international norms and aviation security protocols by the Indian government,” the statement said.
In a separate statement, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi claimed that India has put innocent lives in danger by violating Pakistan’s airspace as flights of Saudi and Qatar Airlines, as well as domestic flights, could be affected in the process.
After getting India’s clarification, Pakistan will decide its next step. He said that the envoys (permanent members) of P-5 countries united nations security council) will be called to the Foreign Office and informed of the incident. “India has to be accountable for this,” he insisted.
After Pakistan summoned the Indian envoy in Islamabad on Friday morning to lodge a strong protest over the “unprovoked” violation of its airspace by an Indian-origin “supersonic flying object”, the Indian Ministry of Defense (Ministry of Defence) said in the evening that a “technical fault” during “routine maintenance” resulted in “accidental firing of the missile”.
“The Government of India has taken a serious view and ordered a High Level Court of Inquiry (COI). While the incident is extremely regrettable, it is also a matter of relief that there has been no loss of life due to the accident (when it crashed 124 km inside Pakistani territory),” the MoD said in a brief statement.
Although the Defense Ministry did not identify the missile in question, sources said it was a brahmos Land-attack supersonic cruise missile, a conventional (non-nuclear) precision-strike weapon that flies at Mach 2.8 at nearly three times the speed of sound, was accidentally launched from an IAF base in North India Was.
“This is a very dangerous incident to happen between two nuclear-armed neighbors who have fought wars in the past. It is disturbing that such a launch could happen… The missile has several built-in locks. Fortunately, the missile But there was no warhead. Otherwise, it could have caused a lot of damage,” said a source.
While India inadvertently activated a hotline to inform Pakistan about the launch, the CoI will ascertain that this despite several security measures as well as command and control measures to prevent any such escalating move. How can this kind of accidental missile-firing happen?
Pakistan understood. In a statement, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said such “irresponsible incidents” reflect India’s “neglect of air security and apathy towards regional peace and stability”.
Indian charge d’affaires were told of the “indiscriminate launch” of the flying object, which entered from Pakistan Suratgarh It was launched in India on Wednesday at 6:43 pm from Sirsa in Haryana and fell near Mian Chunnu town at around 6:50 pm, causing not only damage to civilian property, but also endangering human life.
In addition, the flight path of the flying object endangered many domestic and international flights within Pakistani airspace and could result in a serious aviation accident as well as civilian casualties, Pakistan said.
“The envoy of India was asked to strongly condemn the blatant violation of Pakistani airspace by Pakistan in violation of established international norms and aviation security protocols by the Indian government,” the statement said.
In a separate statement, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi claimed that India has put innocent lives in danger by violating Pakistan’s airspace as flights of Saudi and Qatar Airlines, as well as domestic flights, could be affected in the process.
After getting India’s clarification, Pakistan will decide its next step. He said that the envoys (permanent members) of P-5 countries united nations security council) will be called to the Foreign Office and informed of the incident. “India has to be accountable for this,” he insisted.