Pakistan warns India over alleged missile crashing | REPRESENTATIVE
New Delhi was on Friday served a warning from Islamabad over an unidentified high-altitude supersonic object crashing in Pakistan territory that it said, was of Indian origin.
Pakistan warned of “unpleasant consequences” over the incident with Pakistan’s foreign office summoning India’s charge d'affaires in Islamabad today to lodge a protest over it.
Calling the incident an unprovoked violation of its airspace, Pakistan said that it could have endangered passenger flights and civilian lives.
In a statement, Pakistan asked India “to be mindful of the unpleasant consequences of such negligence and take effective measures to avoid the recurrence off such violations in future."
Notably, India and Pakistan, both nuclear powers, have fought three wars apart from numerous military skirmishes. In 2019, the air forces of both nations had engaged in combat.
Pakistan military spokesperson Major-General Babar Iftikhar called in a press conference late on Thursday night where he said, “On 9 March a high-speed flying object was picked up inside Indian territory by air defence operations centre of the Pakistan air force."
The military was not sure of the nature of the object which crashed near Mian Channu city in eastern Pakistani, he said, adding that it had originated from Sirsa in Haryana.
Adding to it, Pakistan also asked India to share the outcome of the investigation into the matter to which India’s Ministry of External Affairs is yet to comment on.
Iftikhar said, “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.”
Meanwhile, a Pakistani air force official said during the conference that the object was being analysed forensically with initial studies suggesting that it was an unarmed surface-to-surface supersonic missile.
It travelled ay an altitude of 40,000 feet at Mach 3 speed and flew 124 kilometers in Pakistani airspace before crashing, he added.
"Whatever caused this incident to happen, it is for the Indians to explain," Iftikhar said, adding that Pakistani military would not jump to conclusions.
