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 ...

The rise of sniper weapons marked a turning point in warfare. No longer could commanders move freely or assume safety behind ...

Ukraine claimed in November that one of its snipers killed a Russian soldier 1.68 miles away. That could make it the second-longest sniper kill of all time. There's no universally verified list of the ...

This article was taken from the September 2011 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content ...

Shane Matthews, who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, said that Ukrainian soldiers are fighting "like the Taliban on steroids". He is currently based in Kyiv, helping to fortify the city and train ...