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Old 05-02-2011, 09:56 AM   #1
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After the shot directly to a Somali pirate's head from a mile away on a bobbing sea, I thought my respect was at an all time high for the SEALS, but this just raised it another notch.
This isn't a knock on the SEALs in any way, but if you are referring to the incident with Captain Phillips being held hostage, those shots were actually taken at a distance of about 30 yards - still an exceptionally difficult shot in rolling seas.
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This isn't a knock on the SEALs in any way, but if you are referring to the incident with Captain Phillips being held hostage, those shots were actually taken at a distance of about 30 yards - still an exceptionally difficult shot in rolling seas.
Crap, I was off by 1730 yards.
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Crap, I was off by 1730 yards.


No biggie, I wasn't sure if you were talking about the Captain Phillips incident or there was another incident that I might not have caught and I do seem to recall that a number of early reports regarding the resolution of the Captain Phillips hostage situation did in fact, erroneously report a much longer distance, some might have possibly stated a mile.
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