New Delhi: Commanding Officer (CO) brahmos The unit, which “accidentally fired” a supersonic cruise missile that crashed 124 km inside Pakistan on March 9, and a few others are likely to face disciplinary action for serious operational lapses, triggering cross-border retaliation. Could.
Sources said on Sunday that the Court of Inquiry (CoI) has prima facie held the CO, a Group Captain-rank officer (Colonel) and others responsible for the unprecedented incident. The investigation is completed after investigating the entire sequence of events as well as acts of omission and commission, which led to a 290 km range conventional (non-nuclear) missile, jointly developed with Russia, inadvertently a Closely launched. Indian Air Force Base in North India on March 9 at around 7 PM.
TOI had reported last month that the role of the BrahMos unit CO and a few others was under investigation with “human error” – which included overriding the missile system’s inbuilt mechanical and electronic locks – and not “any technical snag”. . responsible for the incident.
The final COI findings are now being “legally scrutinized” before submitting the report to the higher authorities for further action. “The extent of fault and culpability of those in command should be established to ensure the charges are legalized,” a source said.
“The overall standard operating procedures for operation, maintenance and inspection of such missile systems have also been reviewed,” he said. However, when contacted, the IAF refused to comment.
Although the unarmed BrahMos crashed harmlessly near the town of Mian Chunnu in Pakistan within seven minutes on 9 March, the incident reinforced the urgent need for both countries to put in place strong nuclear confidence-building and risk-reduction measures. Because the number of missiles in flight is so small. In the Indian military legal system, once the COI report is approved, a summary of the evidence is recorded and is followed by a court martial or actual trial. Disciplinary action can range from a severe reprimand and loss of seniority to brief dismissal from service for such omission.
group captain The BrahMos in question was in charge of the unit’s mobile command post when the tactical missile, which flies at Mach 2.8 (3,457.44 kmph) at nearly three times the speed of sound, was accidentally launched during an exercise , which was being audited. command air staff inspection (CASI). After the launch of BrahMos, there was no way to cancel it as such strategic missiles do not have a “self-destruct mechanism”.
Sources said on Sunday that the Court of Inquiry (CoI) has prima facie held the CO, a Group Captain-rank officer (Colonel) and others responsible for the unprecedented incident. The investigation is completed after investigating the entire sequence of events as well as acts of omission and commission, which led to a 290 km range conventional (non-nuclear) missile, jointly developed with Russia, inadvertently a Closely launched. Indian Air Force Base in North India on March 9 at around 7 PM.
TOI had reported last month that the role of the BrahMos unit CO and a few others was under investigation with “human error” – which included overriding the missile system’s inbuilt mechanical and electronic locks – and not “any technical snag”. . responsible for the incident.
The final COI findings are now being “legally scrutinized” before submitting the report to the higher authorities for further action. “The extent of fault and culpability of those in command should be established to ensure the charges are legalized,” a source said.
“The overall standard operating procedures for operation, maintenance and inspection of such missile systems have also been reviewed,” he said. However, when contacted, the IAF refused to comment.
Although the unarmed BrahMos crashed harmlessly near the town of Mian Chunnu in Pakistan within seven minutes on 9 March, the incident reinforced the urgent need for both countries to put in place strong nuclear confidence-building and risk-reduction measures. Because the number of missiles in flight is so small. In the Indian military legal system, once the COI report is approved, a summary of the evidence is recorded and is followed by a court martial or actual trial. Disciplinary action can range from a severe reprimand and loss of seniority to brief dismissal from service for such omission.
group captain The BrahMos in question was in charge of the unit’s mobile command post when the tactical missile, which flies at Mach 2.8 (3,457.44 kmph) at nearly three times the speed of sound, was accidentally launched during an exercise , which was being audited. command air staff inspection (CASI). After the launch of BrahMos, there was no way to cancel it as such strategic missiles do not have a “self-destruct mechanism”.