The New York Post has an article detailing the story of a British sharpshooter that received an award for the longest recorded deadly shot(s) in history. At a mile and a half, Craig Harrison plinked a couple of Afghanis in the stomach and side.
Now I’m all for sniping Taliban gunmen, but something about the article, as it discusses Harrison’s subsequent award (next to a posed picture), it seems strangely like a futuristic report from some dystopian-like society. From an engineering standpoint however, I can’t help but admire the incredible grasp on kinematic physics that it takes to complete such a shot.
The shots — measured via GPS — surpassed the previous record held by Canadian Army Cpl. Rob Furlong, who killed an al Qaeda gunman from 7,972 feet in 2002.
Harrison’s shots were roughly equal to the distance between the Statue of Liberty and Battery Park.
Experts called Harrison’s sharp shooting as perfect as it gets.
Harrison, who fired the bullets while his colleagues were under fire, said perfect weather helped him nail the perfect shot.
“[There was] no wind, mild weather, clear visibility,” he said.
Again, all praise due to the man for saving the lives of his colleagues, but I’m worried this may come a little close to glorifying what is nevertheless two gruesome human deaths.
