Photo: The record for a sniper kill is 2,700 yards in Afghanistan - a mile-and-a-half away.From New York Post:
The Big Guns Who Are Changing The Military
For five days, the massed firepower of the US war machine, embodied by the colossal destroyer Bainbridge, seemed helpless -- unable to do anything against three Somali pirates in a lifeboat.
Instead, it was the smallest of powers -- three men, three guns, three shots -- which ended the standoff and rescued American Captain Richard Phillips.
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