I shot a Taliban fighter who was more than 1.5 miles away

In November 2009, British sniper Sgt. Craig Harrison recorded the longest confirmed kill ever recorded -- 2,705 yards, or a little over 1 ¹/₂ miles. In this excerpt from his new memoir, "The Longest Kill," Harrison describes the scene: From high ground, he was to protect a patrol of Yorkshire Regiment troops ("Yorks") and the...