A Pakistani military spokesman spoke to a news conference on Thursday saying that a “high-speed flying object” originating from the northern Indian city of Sirsa had crashed in eastern Pakistan and said, “The flight path of this object endangered many national and international passenger flights both in Indian and Pakistani airspace as well as human life and property on ground.”<\/p>\n
He went on to say that the object was flying at 40,000 feet (12,200 meters) and three times the speed of sound, had flown 124 kilometers (77 miles) in Pakistani airspace.<\/p>\n
Happymon Jacob, a professor of international studies at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, said both sides had handled the situation well.
\n“It gives me great hope that the 2 nuclear weapon states dealt with the missile incident in a mature manner,” he wrote on Twitter. “New Delhi should offer to pay compensation for the Pak house that was destroyed.”<\/p>\n
India said on Friday it had accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan this week because of a “technical malfunction” during routine maintenance, giving its version of events after Pakistan summoned India’s envoy to complain about the incident.<\/p>\n
Military experts have in the past warned of the risk of accidents or miscalculations by the nuclear-armed neighbors, which have fought three wars and engaged in numerous smaller armed clashes, usually over the disputed territory of Kashmir.<\/p>\n
The Indian Ministry of Defence stated in a three-paragraph statement. “On 9 March 2022, in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile,”
\n“It is learned that the missile landed in an area of Pakistan. While the incident is deeply regrettable, it is also a matter of relief that there has been no loss of life due to the accident.”<\/p>\n
The ministry said the government had “taken a serious view and ordered a high-level Court of Enquiry.”<\/p>\n
Pakistani officials said the missile was unarmed and had crashed near the country’s eastern city of Mian Channu, about 500 kilometers (310 miles) from the capital, Islamabad.
\nPakistan’s foreign office summoned India’s charge d’affaires in Islamabad to lodge a protest over what it called an unprovoked violation of its airspace, saying the incident could have endangered passenger flights and civilian lives.<\/p>\n
Pakistan cautioned India “to be mindful of the unpleasant consequences of such negligence and take effective measures to avoid the recurrence of such violations in future.”
\nAyesha Siddiqa, an expert on military affairs and South Asian matters, tweeted that “India-Pak should be talking about risk mitigation”.<\/p>\n
According to the US-based Arms Control Association, the missile’s range is between 300 kilometers (186 miles) and 500 kilometers (310 miles), making it capable of hitting Islamabad from a northern Indian launch pad.<\/p>\n
The Pakistani official pondered whether the incident signified that India had missiles in ready-to-launch positions aimed at Pakistan and that too without any safeguard of a command and control system.<\/p>\n
India expresses regret over the accidental firing of the missile which landed in Pakistan.<\/p>\n
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