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Brickbat: Always Assume Your Cannon Is Loaded

Charles Oliver | 10.29.2018 4:00 AM


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A mechanic with the Belgian military accidentally fired the cannon on an airplane he was working on. It struck an F-16 fighter jet parked nearby, causing it to explode in flames.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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