Report says Canadian sniper has shattered world record for the longest confirmed kill in history

[jpak]

Source: USA Today

This certainly wasn’t hand-to-hand combat.

A Canadian soldier in Iraq has killed an ISIS militant from more than two miles away, shattering the world record for a confirmed sniper kill in military history.

According to Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper, the gun specialist from the elite Joint Task Force 2 achieved the feat with a shot from a high-rise during an operation within the past 30 days.

“The shot in question actually disrupted a Daesh [Islamic State] attack on Iraqi security forces,” a military source — who requested anonymity because the unit’s operations are classified — told the paper. “Instead of dropping a bomb that could potentially kill civilians in the area, it is a very precise application of force and because it was so far way, the bad guys didn’t have a clue what was happening.”

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Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/06/22/report-canadian-sniper-kills-isis-fighter-2-miles-away/418889001/

[melm00se]

1. wow

at 10 second flight time, the point of aim would have to account for between 50 and 75 yards of bullet drop not to mention some of the earth's rotation.

[_BravoMan_]

2. I wonder if scope technology has improved so much

that you can do it from an extensive distance with all the weather and winds factored in nanoseconds before the shot?

[melm00se]

3. I know there is a so called

"smart rifle" that has a high tech scope that does all the "thinking" for the shooter but still, that far away, is an unbelievable shot even with that technology.

[gilbert sullivan]

6. Something wrong with these numbers

a falling object (like a bullet) will fall almost 500 feet in 10 secs. A bit less from drag but not much, I don't think it would have time to reach terminal velocity.

A hell of a shot in any case though...

[Bayard]

4. He must be very proud

[gilbert sullivan]

7. For doing his job?

Sure, why not?

[Deuce]

5. Canada has three of the top five longest confirmed kills by sniper...from the article.

[LanternWaste]

8. And the cold and callous the world over celebrate the efficiency

And the cold and callous the world over celebrate the efficiency, the skill, the effectiveness, the righteousness and the glory of killing someone, thus accurately illustrating the Enlightenment, though a good idea, never really caught on.

[Paladin]

9. There are way more sniper wannabes in this country than is healthy.

Democratic on-line sites unfortunately included.

[dalton99a]

10. FWIW It's 3,540 m, not 3,450 m