There is hardly a weapon of the war that is more synonymous with patience, discipline and technical performance than the ...

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The marksman's commanding officer says the bullet hit a suspected militant who was wearing a vest rigged with explosives. The subsequent blast... A shot fired by a British Army sniper at a suspected ...