Canadian sniper kills a fighter from more than 2 miles away, a record shot (latimes.com)

>3,540 meters, or almost 2.2 miles

https://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm

"... the 10-second travel time of the bullet means the sniper must factor in the Earth’s turning beneath it"

It's in HN because?

DUPE & FLAGGED ( 3 days ago ) => https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14613268

DUPE, NOT FLAGGED ( 3 days ago) => https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14613658

DUPES, NOT FLAGGED ( 2 days ago)

DUPE 1 => https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14616057

DUPE 2 => https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14615825

Should we be proud of this type of achievement? I wonder.