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Seven miles is WAY outside the range of any sniper rifle.

• JumpCrisscross 9y ago
  > Seven miles is WAY outside the range of any sniper rifle For context, a 14.5x114mm cartridge fires to about 1.5 miles; the more popular .308 Winchester cartridge only goes half a mile [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniper_rifle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniper_rifle
  • dogma1138 9y ago
    The longest confirmed kill is 3,540m with a .50 BMG. A 50 cal can go well beyond that the chances of hitting a man sized target are pretty slim that said it’s maximum range is 7000m hitting a space rocket sized target is quite possible at that range. With bigger caliber rifles like the ones used for avalanche control you probably can get to 7 miles and beyond but those are effectively cannons at that point. That said if you really want to fuck up a launch there are plenty of drones or RC planes that you could use to ram the rocket with or without an explosive payload. Which is why they launch from a military base with arguably quite good perimeter security that goes well beyond the range of its fence.