Indian Air Force Sacks Three Officers for Accidentally Launching BrahMos Missile into Pakistan

摘要

Under disciplinary action taken by the Indian Air Force (IAF), three senior officers found responsible for the 9 March 2022 accidental launch of a BrahMos missile, have been sacked on 23 August 2022. The incident took place during a "routine maintenance and inspection" drill, in which the missile was accidentally launched from the lAF's BrahMos missile unit in Sirsa near Ambala. The missile then flew for over 250 km, landing by the town of Mian Channu, in Pakistan Punjab's Khanewal district, over 120 km West of the India-Pakistan border.