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To: MPJackal
"It does concern us -- shooting down airplanes four miles distances," Hawaii National Guard Gen.Gary Ishikawa said.

That would be one heck of a marksman!
8 posted on 02/25/2008 8:44:20 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: jaydubya2
That would be one heck of a marksman!

Especially considering that the longest successfull effort by a military sniper in the real world was only about 1.5 miles, 2430 kilometers, by Canadian Cpl. Rob Furlong, and it took three shots at a stationary target to get the job done. One clean miss, one hit the guy's knapsack, the third gutted him like a trout.

That shot beat the 2,250 m previous record shot by U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock during our second place effort in the Southeast Asian War games.

Of course those were on man sized targets. Hitting a stationary aircraft at 4 miles *might* be possible, but you'd end up with an airplane with a half inch hole, one each. Of course if it was stationary, you could shoot again. Hitting something vital, say the engine core, would be, well, hit or miss.

399 posted on 02/26/2008 7:57:35 AM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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