Car damaged by shots mistakenly fired by ASDF fighter

Car damaged by shots mistakenly fired by ASDF fighter

KITAHIROSHIMA, Japan - A car in a parking lot in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, was damaged June 25 by 20-millimeter rounds mistakenly fired by a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) fighter during a drill on Japan's northernmost island. Nobody was injured.

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