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  • The Longest Distance Sniper Kill-Shot Record Has Been Broken

    23 Jun 2017 by Jasmine Stone in Lifestyle, War
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    Congrats, I guess?

    A Canadian military sniper took out an ISIS fighter from a distance of more than two miles away, a shot that some are calling “the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in military history”.

    That comes from the Globe and Mail, which isn’t oozing repute, but it’s also being covered by major news outlets around the world.

    Let’s go with BusinessInsider this time around:

    The unnamed sniper who carried out the feat was a member of Joint Task Force 2, an elite unit in the Canadian army similar to the US Navy’s SEAL Team 6. The shot, according to the paper, disrupted an ISIS attack on Iraqi security forces…

    The kill shot from 3,540 meters, or about 2.2 miles, beat the previous sniper record set by British army sniper Craig Harrison from a range of 2,475 meters, or 1.5 miles.

    The shot has been confirmed in a statement issued by Canada’s Special Operations Command:

    “The Canadian Special Operations Command can confirm that a member of Joint Task Force 2 successfully hit a target at 3,540 metres,” the command said. “For operational security reasons and to preserve the safety of our personnel and our Coalition partners we will not discuss precise details on when and how this incident took place.”

    Some seriously good aim there, unnamed Canadian sniper.

    Those Canucks are such a nice bunch that he / she/ they probably apologised profusely after making the shot.

    [source:businessinsider]

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