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Both India and Pakistan have nuclear weapons

India says it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan on Wednesday, blaming the incident on a "technical malfunction" during routine maintenance.

Delhi said it was "deeply regrettable" and expressed relief no one was killed.

Pakistan's military said a "high-speed flying object" had crashed near the eastern city of Mian Channu and its flight path had endangered passenger flights.


In a statement, India's defence ministry said: "On 9 March 2022, in the course of routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile. The Government of India has taken a serious view and ordered a high-level Court of Enquiry."

Islamabad warned Delhi to "be mindful of the unpleasant consequences of such negligence" and to avoid a repeat. The object had been launched from Sirsa in Haryana state, it said.

Pakistan's air force said the missile travelled at Mach 3 - three times the speed of sound - at an altitude of 12,000m (40,000ft) and flew 124km (77 miles) in Pakistani airspace before crashing.

"The flight path of this object endangered many national and international passenger flights both in Indian and Pakistani airspace, as well as human life and property of ground," said Pakistani military spokesman Major-General Babar Iftikharon Thursday.

On Friday, Pakistan's foreign ministry said it had summoned India's chargé d'affaires to complain about the incident.

Pakistan also urged India to share the findings of its investigation into what happened.

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Thank God no casuality...But India need to be proactive henceforth in handling all this deadly equipments in order to avoid another Russia -Ukrain war wahala

KolbeSolan:
One wonders what would have been the response if it were NATO that mistakenly fires into Russia

Russia won't listen to any explanation considering the current tense situation, Putin will retaliate

India and Pakistan have been enemies from time immemorial. Pakistan will soon fire their missile into India! Those two countries na werey

GooodHardDick:
India and Pakistan have been enemies from time immemorial.

Abeg they should allow us to concentrate on Russia and Ukraine war!

but they respect and fear each other because they both have nuclear weapons

tolue42:
Thank God no casuality...But India need to be proactive henceforth in handling all this deadly equipments in order to avoid another Russia -Ukrain war wahala

exactly, Pakistan won't take it lightly next time if such mistake should happen again

God1000:
but they respect and fear each other because they both have nuclear weapons

They don't fear and respect each because of nuclear weapons but because of religious difference. Pakistan are notorious Islamic extremists who invaded India years ago and killed hundreds of people at once.

So because of this, there have been a serious hatred on each other between the two countries. If dem fight war, nobody go send dem for this world.

GooodHardDick:
They don't fear and respect each because of nuclear weapons but because of religious difference. Pakistan are notorious Islamic extremists who invaded India years ago and killed hundreds of people at once.

So because of this, there have been a serious hatred on each other between the two countries. If dem fight war, nobody go send dem for this world.

both were together before they separated.
One reason for partition was the two-nation theory, which was presented by Syed Ahmed Khan and stated that Muslims and Hindus were too different to be in one country. Pakistan became a Muslim country, and India became a majority-Hindu but officially-secular country, East Pakistan has since become Bangladesh

You are right about their religious difference