This is not glorifying death but respecting true skill from Canada’s most secretive military branch. The JTF2 is our most elite and is sometimes rented out by the USA military.
One sniper shot prevented an airstrike and spared civilian lives.
”Military experts believe the successful shot may have set a record.
The previous record was held by British sniper, Craig Harrison, who shot and killed a Taliban attacker from 2,475 meters in 2009 using an L115A3 long range rifle.”.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40372403
The skill required to make such a shot includes taking into consideration the winds, gravity and most importantly the earth curvature. The bullet flew through the air for almost 10 seconds. The shear physics of such a shot would require robotic intervention or some divine force guiding you.
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135223
Weapon
Standard military issued McMillan TAC-50 rifle
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/346355027574275657/
Who are Joint Task Force 2?
These guys are the Canada’s top solders. Their department is guaranteed to receive no less than $100million in funding for only 600 members. That’s some budget. Not to mention the new base their having built which is estimated to top $1 billion and completed in 2019.
http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/cost-of-proposed-joint-task-force-base-at-cfb-trenton-triples-to-top-1b/wcm/68e934b1-c257-400e-920c-9193974fb306
They jump out planes from above the clouds into enemy lines with no way out. They sit up high in the mountains of Afghanistan and point lasers at targets so the US can bomb the heck out the ISIS.
Pretty much everything they do is top secret and the government is forbidden from talking about them publicly or at least they never do. Most data available is out dated.
Most Canadians have never even heard of the Joint Task Force 2 also called JTF2
Check out this 3:53 minute promo video. These guys do it all. They’re like Navy Seals and Rangers in one; in America I think they call this type of solder Rambo.
Sources
http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/article-template-standard.page?doc=rcaf-concludes-participation-in-serpentex-2013/hp0y39nm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Task_Force_2
http://walter.bislins.ch/blog/index.asp?page=Flat-Earth%3A+Finding+the+curvature+of+the+Earth
http://www.funnyjunk.com/New+sniper+record/funny-pictures/6309426/
Very interesting post resteemed and upvoted
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Full power for resteem. Thanks. Glad you enjoyed. Sorry my voting power 63% im still getting use to the new system..
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Yea... I just read it in the news. It is truly amazing indeed.
I have never really heard anything about the Canadian military before this.
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Seriously our military is in incredibly good at .. ahem.. flying under the radar. oh yea there we go. ^^
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Wow that is one skilled sniper,
Too bad the British have lost their spot haha.
Are the JTF2 one of the words greatest special forces or are there better?
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They are way up there. You know can't country the best cause that might lead to a war. But they are the best of the best in Canada and well respected by other nations special forces.
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I've heard and seen Canda doing a lot of training operations with many countries, mainly in Ukraine
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It's really weird that Ukraine needs Canadian solders to train them how to protect their own borders. The missions called Training Missions makes me wonder what's really going on some times.
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We talk about such people: they get a squirrel in the eye!
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Good
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Those are some lit weapon :)
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Killer post, man
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Hope philippines will hire these people to kill all the bandits that is now causing chaos near my place.
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You have bandits near your home? I hope they get there too.
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Actually, the city next to ours (marawi city) had been in war for more than a month against ISIS supported bandits. In fact the island of mindanao is in a state of martial law.
People in my place are starting to evacuate because their are news that the bandits will also attack our city.
Were a bit scared but we have to put our trust to God.
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there are two kinds of people in the world
THEM
and
US
If it's
THEM
OR
US.
Kill THEM
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I sure as hell hope it's not us. And it won't be.
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It is really amazing news! It requires great talent and skill for such shooting.
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upvote and resteemed really an awesome article may God bless you with the ultimate best keep up the good work. Actually my paternal and maternal uncle and aunt are living there in Canada and Canada is like second home to me besides this I do love China and Russia!
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I also love China and Russia.
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I see you can be my best friend haha actually you know what you are my best steemian friend!
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Wow, 10 seconds in air, that's insane, how much skill and knowledge u need to make that? Great article!
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I find it sad in the end this article.
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which part is sad?
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Very disgusting how some people here celebrate the death of a fellow human being as some kind of feat...
Yes, it was an impressive shot but the consequences are that somebody actually died because of this sniper's "skills".
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oh~~ interesting.
bullet travel for a long time.
thank u for sharing
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