RAAF C-17s Hauling Water Cannon To Fukushima

BEIJING — The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has sent two Boeing C-17 Globemasters to Japan with a water cannon system for cooling at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station. The apparently urgent deployment follows the dispatch immediately after the March 11 earthquake of another Australian C...

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