- A Canadian sniper set what appears to be a record, picking off an ISIS fighter from some 2.2 miles away, and disrupting a potentially deadly operation by the terror group in Iraq.
NDP leader Tom Mulcair is forgoing the celebration and raising red flags following reports that a Canadian sniper in Iraq shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill.
The information was revealed by the Special Operations Command, Canada.
"Members of the Canadian Special Operations Task Force do not accompany leading combat elements, but enable the Iraqi security forces who are in a tough combat mission", he said. "For operational security reasons and to preserve the safety of our personnel and our Coalition partners, we will not discuss precise details on when and how this incident took place".
Canada has about 200 special forces operating in northern Iraq, including inside Mosul, supported by a combat hospital, a helicopter detachment, a military surveillance plane and an air-to-air refuelling aircraft.
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To put that into perspective, that distance is like setting up your rifle at the end zone of a football field, looking through your scope, firing off a shot and hitting a target from 38 football fields away.
Such long flying time would require the sniper to take into account not only distance, but also wind speed, temperature, and the rotation of the Earth.
He reportedly made the shot with a McMillan Tac-50 rifle, and it was recorded on video.
The Canadian military unit confirmed the distance of shot shortly after the Globe and Mail story was published, but the shot has yet to be formally confirmed a third party agency.
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