"The incident has mostly been blamed on these three officers. The Central Government has immediately terminated their services. The officers received termination notices on August 23, 2018 "It was ad.

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Digital Desk: The government said Tuesday that three Indian Air Force officials had been fired for accidentally launching a BrahMos missile into Pakistan earlier this year.

"On March 9, 2022, a BrahMos missile was unintentionally launched. A Court of Inquiry (Col), established to investigate the facts of the issue and determine who was responsible for the incident, ruled that three officers' disregard for Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) resulted in the missile being accidentally fired "Air Force released a statement.

"The incident has mostly been blamed on these three officers. The Central Government has immediately terminated their services. The officers received termination notices on August 23, 2018 "It was ad.

Earlier in March, a missile was inadvertently launched from the Indian side into a region of Pakistan; the Defence Ministry described the incident as "very unfortunate" and attributed it to "technical breakdown."

Pakistan claims that the missile entered their airspace and travelled more than 100 km inside of it before landing at a height of 40,000 feet and a speed of three times the speed of sound. The missile did not explode since it did not have a warhead.

"Be careful of the painful implications of such neglect and take effective measures to avoid the recurrence of similar transgressions in future," Pakistan admonished India.