JAPAN : Officer Blamed in Downing of U.S. Jet
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The Japanese navy blamed the chief weapons officer aboard a destroyer for the shooting down of a U.S. warplane during naval maneuvers in the mid-Pacific this month, ruling out mechanical or systems problems. Rear Adm. Kataru Hasegawa, chief inspecting officer for the Maritime Self-Defense Force, said the Japanese weapons officer, a lieutenant commander, incorrectly assumed that the A-6E Intruder towing a target had passed by when he ordered the attack to commence June 4.
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