Practice Bomb Hits Town
From Reuters
THE HAGUE —
A Dutch NF-5 jet fighter plane accidentally dropped a practice bomb on a small town in the eastern Netherlands during a military exercise on Wednesday, but it caused no serious harm, a Defense Ministry official said. The 12-pound bomb smashed cobblestones in Delden, 18 miles from the West German border. No other damage or injuries were reported, the official said.
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