India / Three Air Force Officers Sacked For BrahMos missile Accidentally Fired Into Pakistan

Zoom News : Aug 23, 2022, 07:13 PM
New Delhi : The government on Tuesday said that three IAF officers have been sacked for accidentally fired missiles at Pakistan. Earlier this year, India's BrahMos missile was accidentally shot down. "A BrahMos missile was accidentally fired on 09 March 2022. The services of the three officers responsible for the incident have been terminated with immediate effect," the IAF said in its statement. Let us inform that an Air Vice Marshal was given the responsibility of accidental firing of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Air Headquarters. After a detailed investigation, three persons were held responsible for the incident.

Let us tell you that on March 9, a missile accidentally fell on the land of Pakistan. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh gave a detailed reply in Parliament on March 15 after Pakistan raised the matter. He had said that a high-level inquiry has been ordered into the incident related to the accidental launch of the missile in Pakistan. "Unfortunately on March 9, a missile was launched by mistake. The incident happened during a routine inspection. We later came to know that it had landed in Pakistan," he had said in the Rajya Sabha.

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