Ned Price, the US state department spokesperson, said this week the Americans had “no indication” that a missile fired from India into Pakistan last week was anything but an accident.

Pakistan’s military last Thursday said an unarmed surface-to-surface missile launched from neighboring India violated Pakistan’s airspace and ended up in eastern Punjab province on Wednesday, damaging a wall in a residential area but causing no casualties.

Maj. Gen. Babar Iftikhar, the head of the army’s media wing, protested over the “flagrant violation” and demanded an explanation from India. The foreign office summoned the charge d’affaires of India in Islamabad the same day to convey Pakistan’s ‘strong protest.’

On Friday, India responded that in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of the missile, saying it was relieved there was no loss of life due to the accident.

“We have no indication, as you also heard from our Indian partners, that this incident was anything other than an accident,” Price told reporters on Monday. “We refer you, of course, to the Indian Ministry of Defense for any follow-up. They issued a statement on March 9th to explain precisely what had happened. We don’t have a comment beyond that.”

On Tuesday, India said it was conducting a review of its standing operating procedures for operations, maintenance and inspection of weapons systems following the accidental firing.

"We attach the highest priority to the safety and security of our weapon systems. If any shortcoming is found, it would be immediately rectified," Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told parliament. "While this incident is regretted, we are relieved that nobody was hurt due to the accident.”