ISLAMABAD – Ahead of India’s 71st Republic Day celebrations, several socialmedia users posted a video of a failed missile launch claiming it is fromPakistan.
On January 25, Twitter-user @arpispeaks posted the viral video with Hinditext that said, *“P**akistan’s Ghaznavi missile test failed for the 13thtime. A missile which is supposed to travel 300 km, crashed after 36 km,burning like a paper.[Translated from पाकिस्तान की गजनवी मिसाइल का 13वांटेस्ट जो फेल हो गया। 300Km तक जानेवाली मिसाइल 36Km पर गिरी कागज की तरह जलकर खत्म हुई।]”*
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Similarly, several people on Twitterlink and Facebooklinkhaveshared the viral video with the claim that this missile launch is fromPakistan.Video is from Russia
Alt News did a keyword search on YouTube and found that the viral video wasuploaded link by Martin Vit in2014. According to the title of the video, a ‘Proton M’ rocket exploded onJuly 2, 2013.
Alt News performed another keyword search on Google and found that therocket was launched by Proton M, an expendable Russian heavy-lift launchvehicle. Several media outlets reported about the crash including *EuroNews link* and *Space.comlink*.
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According to *Space.com, *the rocket crashed 17-seconds into the flight onJuly 1, 2013, due to emergency shutdown of the booster’s engines. A YouTubevideo uploaded by* Euro News on *July 2, 2013 reported that the rocket wasunmanned.
The video therefore shows a Russian rocket and not a failed launch ofPakistani missile Ghaznavi. In fact, on January 23, *The* *Economics Times*reportedlinkthatPakistan conducted a successful training launch of nuclear-capablesurface-to-surface ballistic missile Ghaznavi which can strike targets upto 290 kilometres.
On the same day, Inter-Services Public Relations, the media wing of thePakistan Armed Forces uploaded the launch of Ghaznavi on YouTubelink.
Incidentally, YouTube account Pak Viral uploadedlink the viral video last yearwith the claim that the failed missile launch is from India.
A video from 2013 of Russian’s Proton M rocket is being circulated byIndian social media users with the false claim that the viral video shows afailed launch test of Pakistan’s ballistic missile Ghaznavi.
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