by WorldTribune Staff, May 23, 2017
A British SAS sniper pulled off one of the longest recorded shots in history when he killed an Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist in Mosul from 2.4 kilometers (1.5 miles) away.
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The British soldier’s shot took three seconds to reach his target, hitting the jihadist in the throat and killing him, the Daily Mail reported.
The ISIS jihadist was also a sniper who shot at other soldiers before he was killed, the report said.
The shot is more than 500 meters further than the longest recorded shot – that of U.S. Navy SEAL veteran Chris Kyle, who in 2008 hit a target in Baghdad from more than 1,900 meters away.
The weapon used by the British sniper was a CheyTac M200 Intervention gun which costs as much as $14,000 and has the capability to vaporize a person’s organs on impact.