Also, can our Canadian friends report on how the media there reported distances? I'm curious ... Ezra
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:39:05 -0700, "Nikolay O. Malyarov" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >RE: Caught alleged sniper in the Washington area. > > > >"Muhammad earned an M-16 expert marksman badge during his service in the > >Army, the highest level of expertise given by the military, defense > >officials at the Pentagon said. > > > >That means he had to hit 36 out of 40 targets at a range of about 50 to > >300 meters." > >[http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/South/10/24/sniper.shootings/index.html] > > > >I originally heard this just a minute ago in a televised report. No > >conversion to ifp was ever done. > > You might like to look at how the BBC reported the story: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2356271.stm > > Chris > > -- > UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
