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posted by n1 on Friday June 23 2017, @02:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the shooting-range dept.

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A sniper with Canada’s elite special forces in Iraq has shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in military history at a staggering distance of 3,540 metres.

The Canadian Armed Forces confirmed Thursday that a member of Joint Task Force 2 made the record-breaking shot, killing an Islamic State insurgent during an operation in Iraq within the last month.

[...] The elite sniper was using a McMillan TAC-50 sniper rifle while firing from a high-rise during an operation that took place within the last month in Iraq. It took under 10 seconds to hit the target.

[...] The military source said the JTF2 operation fell within the strictures of the government’s advise and assist mission.

[...] The kill was independently verified by video camera and other data, The Globe and Mail has learned.

[...] The skill of the JTF2 sniper in taking down an insurgent at 3,540 metres required math skills, great eyesight, precision of ammunition and firearms, and superb training.

Not our typical fare but the physics involved in making that shot are crazy.

Source: The Globe and Mail


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by jmorris on Friday June 23 2017, @03:40AM (8 children)

    by jmorris (4844) on Friday June 23 2017, @03:40AM (#529803)

    Chart I saw had Canadian, Brit, Canadian, Canadian, American for the top five. America better up its game if we are going to #MAGA. Not that it isn't great to see the top five all be allies and friends, but a little friendly rivalry is useful.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @04:11AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @04:11AM (#529820)

    America better up its game if we are going to #MAGA.

    With a single orange target worth hitting, not much opportunity to practice.

    • (Score: 2, Flamebait) by Bot on Friday June 23 2017, @04:34AM (2 children)

      by Bot (3902) on Friday June 23 2017, @04:34AM (#529832) Journal

      Had anybody made the same comment about $OLD_POTUS this site would have been shut down.
      Nice to see your country is returning to normalcy.

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      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @01:58PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @01:58PM (#530014)

        No, no, no. If you want to have power over $OLD_POTUS, you need to use his Real Name, not just a pointer/reference. You need to call him Baraq Hussein Soetoro.

        In fact, perhaps EF's invocation of his True Name has been what kept the site from being shut down!

        If that doesn't work, just shout NEE! at them a few times.

      • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday June 23 2017, @07:39PM

        by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday June 23 2017, @07:39PM (#530197) Journal

        Had anybody made the same comment about $OLD_POTUS this site would have been shut down.

        Either that, or we'd have been invited to the whitehouse: Former Trump adviser who called for Clinton to be shot attends White House bill signing [thehill.com]

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @05:16AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @05:16AM (#529845)

      Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi are avid deer hunters?

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday June 23 2017, @10:00AM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 23 2017, @10:00AM (#529938) Journal

        I don't know, did they escape a Vietnamese prison of war camp?

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  • (Score: 2) by KGIII on Friday June 23 2017, @04:17AM (1 child)

    by KGIII (5261) on Friday June 23 2017, @04:17AM (#529826) Journal

    Yup. The Canadians have been doing well. The last record they had, held for a while. Then a Brit took it. As I have citizenship in both the US and in CAN, I am okay with them being in the lead. Long distance shooting is pretty hard. This is an impressive feat, as are all the feats in you list.

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    • (Score: 4, Interesting) by art guerrilla on Friday June 23 2017, @01:20PM

      by art guerrilla (3082) on Friday June 23 2017, @01:20PM (#529996)

      yeah, i mean, never mind if the 'target' (defined as non-human, so, it's all good) killed was actually who they said, actually a 'bad guy' (YMMV), and actually a necessary thing (basically, is Empire a necessary thing?)...
      .
      but, yeah, real cool to kill another nekkid ape from a long ways aways, ultra-brave, too...