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Thursday, October 18, 2012

U.S. destroyer's radar injured Norwegian Coast Guard crew

USS Farragut |Norwegian broadcaster NRK reported Tuesday that the U.S. Navy has now confirmed that the guided missile destroyer USS Farragut emitted radiation from its radar that injured crew members on board the Norwegian Coast Guard vessel KV Nordkapp while both were taking part in exercises in the Arctic in August.

"The American authorities have confirmed to us that they are responsible for what happened," Arne Morten Grønningseter of the Norwegian military's operational headquarters in Bodø, northern Norway, told NRK.

According to Scandinavian media reports, the radiation that hit the Norwegian vessel knocked out its instruments and several of the crew members felt their skin become warm from radiation.

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