Snipers

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Jim Michaels, How Snipers Are Quietly Changing Modern Warfare; Skilled US Sharpshooters can outperform drones in sky. USA Today, May 9, 2012 (front page).
http://www.usatoday.com/news/mil ... training/54845142/1

Two consecutive paragraphs:

"In recent years, snipers have been armed with handheld ballistic computers that calculate the effects of air pressure and other atmospherics on a bullet's trajectory. Optics and rifles have also improved accuracy. The Marine Corps assembles its own bolt-action sniper rifles to exacting standards here at Quantico.

"Typically, a well-equipped sniper in World War II could be expected to hit a human target with a single shot at about 600 yards in favorable conditions and during daylight. Today, snipers can typically hit targets at twice that range — from more than half a mile away — and at night

Note:
(a) bolt action
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt_action
("In military and law enforcement use, the bolt action has been mostly replaced by semi-automatic and selective fire weapons, though the bolt action remains the dominant design in dedicated sniper rifles. Bolt action firearms are still very popular for hunting and target shooting")
(b)
(i) Quantico, Virginia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantico,_Virginia
(a town in Prince William County located in Washington Metropolitan Area; Marine Corps Base Quantico, one of the largest U.S. Marine Corps bases in the world)
(ii) Marine Corps Base Quantico
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Quantico
("The area was originally inhabited by the Patowomacks (Algonquian) in the 16th century. The name "Quantico" is credited to come from a Native American term, and has been translated to mean "by the large stream")