Snipers: The New Superheroes

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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