Pakistan Hit by Indian Missile-Pakistan-‘India preparing for invasion',India says missile landed in Pakistan by accident;
On late Thursday evening Pakistan’s military had claimed that a missile without a warhead had entered its airspace on Wednesday.
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| There is no official confirmation on this. However, according to sources, it was a BrahMos missile which is supersonic and was fired accidentally. (Representative image/ ANI photo) |
An unarmed (without warheads) supersonic missile accidentally landed in part of Pakistan. The missile was fired from near Sirsa in Haryana, and was expected to head towards the Mahajan Field Firing range in Rajasthan. However, the missile midway veered westwards and landed in a place in Pakistan.
In an official issued by the Ministry of Defence, the government “regrettably’’ admitted a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of the missile on March 2, 2022. It was during a course of routine maintenance that the accident happened. The projectile had landed in Mian Channu, Khanewal district of Punjab on Pakistan side on Wednesday.
The government has announced a high level Court of Enquiry and has also taken a serious view of the situation. There was no loss of life on the land in Pakistan.