India’s government on Friday confirmed that it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan’s airspace, blaming the incident on a technical problem. The Indian Defense Ministry stated that “a technical malfunction” during “routine maintenance” was the cause of the “accidental firing” of the missile before it landed in a part of Pakistan on March 9. An investigation was launched into how it occurred. “While the incident is deeply regrettable, it is also a matter of relief that there has been no loss of life due to the incident,” the Defense Ministry added in its statement. A day earlier, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Pakistan, said in a social media post that the country recorded an “unprovoked violation of its airspace by a ‘super-sonic flying object'” that came from India. The “imprudent launch of the flying object not only caused damage to civilian property but also put …