IN ACTION: A sniper shoots to kill on a sortie in Afghanistan
Mirror: SAS ready to send its sniper gunship into battle against Islamic State terrorists
THE SAS are ready to dispatch a sniper gunship to kill terrorists in Iraq and Syria, the Daily Star Sunday can reveal.
The battle-proven aircraft is a specially converted RAF Chinook helicopter equipped with sniper firing positions and a multi-barrel mini-gun.
The SAS has been fighting in Iraq and Syria for the past year but top brass now want the elite force to carry out more raids against Islamic State thugs.
Chancellor George Osborne said yesterday that the current Syrian refugee crisis must be dealt with “at source”, his comments coming as senior Tories demand RAF air strikes against IS in Syria.
The sniper gunship is one of the most deadly weapons in the SAS arsenal. Snipers inside the aircraft can engage multiple ground targets using highly accurate rifles.
WNU Editor: This must be an impressive weapons platform. Aside from a few blurred images that have been published on what is inside this converted Chinook helicopter, there are no other pictures or videos of it in action.
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