The record for longest sniper kill is 1.8 miles and was set last year!
Snipers are trained to shoot accurately from long distances. But can you imagine a bullet being accurate over 1.8 miles? This is the record for longest recorded sniper kill, and it just happened in 2012.
The record belongs to an unknown Australian soldier from Delta Company, Second Command Regiment. The soldier had a GPS confirmed shot of 2,815 meters. It was taken during Operation Slipper during the War in Afghanistan.
The name of the sniper is unknown because it was a multi-shot kill. Two soldiers fired on a Taliban commander, and it is unknown whose shot took him down.