Modern sniper rifles are a cut above their forebears from the Second World War and Cold War. We’re talking about ...

From Reuters: COMBAT OUTPOST PIRTLE-KING, Afghanistan - U.S. Staff-Sergeant Joshua Danison cranes his neck to survey jagged ridges vertical and black above him on the eastern edge of Afghanistan ...

At least one American detained in Afghanistan was released amid the U.S. presidential transition, according to his family, in an apparent prisoner exchange with the Taliban. The Taliban had ...

Irving was a special-operations sniper in the 3rd Ranger Battalion for the US Army. He is known as The Reaper for his 33 confirmed kills in Afghanistan in less than four months. He is the author ...

Adopted by the American military in 2005 ... by the U.S. Army and Special Forces in Afghanistan in early 2011. The Mk13 is a bolt-action sniper rifle that recently replaced the Marine Corps ...