Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. military is looking to equip special operations forces with their longest-range sniper rifle ever fielded in an effort to ...

Power isn’t just about a big bullet — how that bullet, the rifle that fires it, and the people using it all work together. A powerful sniper system combines a strong cartridge (like the .50 BMG or ...

One of the newest sniper–or anti-materiel–rifles to find its way into the US Armed Forces is the Barrett XM109 This rifle boasts a maximum effective range over 6,000 feet The XM109 is a mix of ...

SOCOM weapons feature integrally suppressed carbines and multi-caliber sniper systems unavailable to conventional forces. High cost and mission-specific design restrict tools like the MK17 SCAR-H and ...

Modern sniper rifles are a cut above their forebears from the Second World War and Cold War. We’re talking about precision weapons that can keep a grouping the size of a dime at hundreds of meters out ...

“The modifications improve reliability, durability, ergonomics and extended range performance.” Despite a brief period of ambiguity wrought by budget-jousting among lawmakers in Congress, the Army’s ...

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $225,772,240 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Sniper Comprehensive ...