The link for 'was an accident'[0] from the article says: > "On 9 March 2022, in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the acciden

The link for 'was an accident'[0] from the article says: > "On 9 March 2022, in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile," the Indian Ministry of Defence said in a three-paragraph statement. This seems about the same level of competence as storing plaintext passwords. Presumably this accident occurred either without launch codes, or with launch codes in the hands of unauthorized personnel. [0] https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-seeks-answers-india-after-crash-mystery-flying-object-2022-03-10/ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-seeks-an...