Brahmos Missile Accidentally Launched Into Pakistan Territory, Three Indian Officers Fired

There are soldiers' 'negligence' in operating the weapon system. Even though it didn't lead to death, what Indian military personnel did was interesting to observe. If in the past, there was once a case of the hatch door of a nuclear-powered submarine forgetting to close it while diving, now there is more unique news regarding the Brahmos cruise missile.

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The incident had indeed taken place a year ago, but it had just recently emerged. The government of India has notified the Delhi High Court that there was an incident of unintentional Brahmos missile firing into Pakistani territory in 2022. From a political and military perspective, it is clear that this incident could create new conflicts and tensions between the two countries which are at odds on the border.

Apart from that, the misfiring missile incident cost the state finances Rs 240 million. Quoted from indiatoday.in, on Monday, the Indian military authorities have taken the decision to dismiss three Indian Air Force (IAF) officers for reasons of negligence.

From the wikipedia.org page, it is said that the price of the standard variant Brahmos missile per unit reaches US $ 3.5 million, Brahmos-ER - US $ 4.85 million and Brahmos-A - US $ 5.5 million. It was not stated which variant of the Brahmos missile went wrong into Pakistani territory.

The incident where the Brahmos missile misfired occurred on March 9, 2022 and landed in Pakistan. The three Air Force officers were fired after the Court of Inquiry (CoI) found that deviations from the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) led to the accidental launch of the missile off target.

One of the fired officers defended himself with a petition, stating that the crash occurred during a simulated exercise conducted by 'A' Flight of the 2403 Guided Weapons Squadron as part of a scheduled inspection visit by the Air Command Staff Inspection Team.

He said he was posted as a Technical Officer in the Squadron on the day of the incident and was given professional and practical training only for purely maintenance tasks. As an Engineering Officer, he was never given training on operations, which is purely the role of the CO and Ops Officer (operations officer).

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According to the officer, he was not trained to fight the charges presented at the Court of Inquiry and he acted in full accordance with standard operating procedures. He called his dismissal order a mistake.

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