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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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @11:45AM (1 child)
Implicitly, "person" means "person covered by this document". You know, consent of the governed and all that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @06:44PM
There are people, in your limited scope, who are not allowed to vote and choose the gov't:
Too young; recent immigrant; imprisoned people; formerly imprisoned people (in some states).
They are still covered by the Constitution.
Additionally, I'm pretty sure that agents of USA.gov crossing into Canada or Mexico to subject residents of those place to USA law by force was not what The Founding Fathers had in mind.
Extrapolate to those agents crossing oceans.
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