US working to curb friendly fire deaths

The spectre of friendly fire deaths has surfaced at almost every recent American military briefing in the Gulf, and the Pentagon has taken steps it hopes will help counter the threat.

“The US army has got better over time, if you look at the statistics. But even if you have one death it’s unacceptable,” said Captain Philip Rusiecki, who would direct artillery fire for the US 141st Mechanised Infantry Battalion.