{"id":8574,"date":"2024-04-04T18:26:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T18:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=8574"},"modified":"2024-04-04T18:27:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T18:27:31","slug":"the-curious-case-of-the-accidental-indian-missile-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=8574","title":{"rendered":"The Curious Case of the Accidental Indian Missile Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author: <\/b>Christopher Clary<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Affiliation: <\/b>University at Albany (New York), Non-resident Fellow with the South Asia Program of the Stimson Center (Washington DC)<\/span><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher:<\/b> War on the Rocks<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Date\/Place:<\/b> March 17, 2022\/Washington DC, USA<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature: <\/b>Analysis<\/span><\/p>

Word Count: <\/b>1650<\/span><\/p>

Link:<\/b> https:\/\/warontherocks.com\/2022\/03\/the-curious-case-of-the-accidental-indian-missile-launch\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>

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Keywords:<\/b> Pakistan, India, Nuclear War Risk, Russia-Ukraine War, South Asia, Balakot Crisis<\/span><\/i><\/p>

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Brief:<\/b><\/p>

Pakistan has tried its best to create noise about India\u2019s nuclear weapons and arms falling into the hands of fascists who have the least concern for international law or the application of nuclear safety regulations. The call for restraint on BJP regime in New Delhi has fallen on deaf ears as the US-led West requires India\u2019s services against \u201crising\u201d China. Why Islamabad is not being taken seriously is a crisis of its own making, however policies appear to be taking a recourse of late. Taking inspiration from the \u201caccidental\u201d missile attack by India inside Pakistan, the author looks at India\u2019s safety and security procedures of its arsenal. South Asia, home to the world\u2019s second largest population is surrounded by three nuclear-armed countries \u2013 China in the north, Pakistan and India downside. And the region is a nuclear flash, unlike North and South Koreas which have maintained silence across border for decades\u2014with rare cross firing by Pyongyang, especially seen as responses to alleged provocation from the US through Seoul. India and Pakistan host a large number of nuclear arsenal and in a race to challenge China, New Delhi, interestingly, receives arms from the US as well its arch rival Russia. The US is so desperate for India that it has remained undecisive whether to sanction New Delhi for its buying the S400 air defense system from Moscow. On March 9, a cruise missile was launched from India which fell in Mian Channu, almost a city 100 km inside Pakistan. The missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, took a flight of around seven minutes, of which it flew inside Pakistan for 3.34 minutes. Pakistan military claimed it was following the missile since it was fired. India chose to remain mum for two days \u2013 a violation of bilateral and international agreements \u2013 until after Pakistan military revealed the whole operation. India then termed it an \u201caccident\u201d. This \u201caccident\u201d not only risked a war with Pakistan, but the missile also endangered the local Indian population and the international air traffic.<\/span><\/p>

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By: <\/b>Riyaz ul Khaliq, <\/span>CIGA Non-resident Research Associate<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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