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| Pakistan: Three officers of the Indian Air Force were dismissed in the case of the launch of the Brahmos missile |
According to the Indian Air Force, at the beginning of this year, three officers have been dismissed in the case of the mistaken firing of BrahMos missiles in Pakistani territory.
This incident took place on March 9 and this missile fell near the city of Mian Chanu in Pakistan, but there was no loss of life in this incident because the warhead of this missile was not active.
According to the news agency Reuters, according to the statement issued by the Indian Air Force on Tuesday, 'a court of inquiry was established to find out the facts of this matter, which also had the task of determining those responsible for this incident. .'
According to the statement, the investigation revealed that "the deviation of the three officers from the prevailing procedure led to the accidental firing of the missile."
The Air Force says that these three officers have been held primarily responsible for the incident and have been dismissed on August 23, with immediate effect.
Pakistan has not yet responded to this action. It should be noted that at the time of the announcement of the formation of the Court of Inquiry, Pakistan had said that India's decision to investigate the accident through an internal Court of Inquiry was insufficient because the missile fell within Pakistan's territory, therefore Pakistan Demanding that a joint investigation be conducted to establish the facts of the incident, India has not accepted this demand.
It should be remembered that on March 11, the Ministry of Defense of India admitted in a statement that the missile that fell on the border of Pakistan on March 9 was accidentally fired by India, and a high-level investigation has been ordered.
A statement issued by the Indian Ministry of Defense said that the missile accidentally fired due to a technical malfunction during routine maintenance on March 9.
Following the incident, Pakistan demanded a joint inquiry into the 'serious lapse' and asked New Delhi to explain the safeguards in place to prevent future 'missile firing'.
A few days after the incident, India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said in his address to Parliament that India was re-examining the operations, maintenance and inspection of its weapons systems.
Rajnath Singh said, "We give utmost priority to the safety and security of our weapon system and if any deficiency is found in this system, it will be rectified immediately."
What is the procedure for sharing information about missiles between Pakistan and India?
In the last 17 years, there have been six major conflicts between India and Pakistan which have been resolved after negotiations and international intervention. In the context of these events, the narrative of the accidental launch of the missile is being watched with concern by experts in both countries, while questions are also being asked about the sharing of nuclear and weapons agreements between the two countries.
A security memorandum was signed between India and Pakistan on 21 February 1999. In this MoU, it was stipulated that the two countries would inform each other before testing any type of ballistic missile. Both countries will notify each other three days before launching a land or sea-based ballistic missile. And the responsibility of informing will be on the Foreign Office and High Commission of both the countries.
Apart from this, several such agreements have been concluded under which Pakistan and India exchange a list of nuclear weapons sites (sites) with each other on January 1 every year.
Both countries have also agreed that India and Pakistan will inform each other if armed fighter jets fly within the 10 km border.
The third agreement is related to nuclear accident that if any accident occurs in either of the two countries, both will inform each other.
However, during the last 17 years, many agreements have been concluded between the two countries, but at the same time, the speed of buying and collecting weapons has also been seen to accelerate. As a result, many new weapons are not part of these treaties.
Director of the Center for Aerospace and Security Studies, Syed Muhammad Ali, while talking to BBC's Sahar Baloch, said that an agreement has been formally signed on ballistic missiles, but no agreement has been reached on new missiles such as cruise missiles. The contract has not been finalized.
In 2005, Pakistan also talked to India about signing an agreement on cruise missile tests so that both countries could notify each other in advance. But India did not support this.
On August 11, 2005, Pakistan first test-fired the Babur cruise missile, after which Pakistan also developed a modern version of the Babur. After which Air Launch Cruise Missile Raad also came. Similarly, India also developed cruise missiles including BrahMos.
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