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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, @06:41PM (1 child)
Before USA.gov bombed, invaded, and occupied that place (based on Dubya's and Cheney's lies, BTW), Iraq was a stable state.
You may not have approved of the government there, but it was a sovereign nation with the right to work out its own problems.
...then along come Reactionaries (of your ilk) who have the twisted belief that the USA, with its clear moral superiority *cough*, should make decisions (regime change) for every place on the planet.
Not only did that violate every precept of international law (acts founded in mendacity; violating national borders; militarily going after a head of state; a war of aggression to plunder natural resources), it put the place in a condition that was worse than it had been in terms of civil stability and life expectancy.
The morality of USA.gov here was extremely low, if not an all-time low.
...and the existence of Daesh is 100 percent the result of USA.gov actions, going back to the Cold War occupation of an adjacent nation by the Soviets and USA.gov's arming of a proxy in the region.
...and, if USA.gov was actually serious about bringing the place to a condition of passivity, wouldn't the full effort to accomplish that have been made 15 years ago or 10 years ago or 5 years ago?
This activity is not about the wellbeing of the people there.
It's strictly about corporate profits and macho bravado.
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(Score: 2, Disagree) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 23 2017, @08:20PM
International Law™, eh? If it covers us, it covers them, sweety, and we if the US did not enforce International Law™, there would be no International Law™. Who do you think is going to enforce it? China? Russia? There are only three nations on the planet actually capable of enforcing anything and we're the only ones who will.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.