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  • Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Scientific Research, Boston College, Boston College
A US Chinook similar to the one involved in the gun battle of Takur Ghar. Flickr/The U S Army

Bad space weather may have caused fatal Afghan gun battle

Brett Carter, RMIT University and John Retterer, Boston College

Three American soldiers* may have died in Afghanistan’s battle of Takur Ghar because of disruptions caused by plasma bubbles – a form of space weather – according to a new study. Space weather is normally…

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