ASDF fighter mistakenly fires shots during Hokkaido drill

TOKYO, Japan - File photo provided by the Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) shows F-4 fighter planes, the same type of plane that mistakenly fired 20-millimeter machine gun rounds at vehicles in the parking lot of a rehabilitation center in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, during a drill on June 25. Vehicles in the lot were damaged, but nobody was injured.

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