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Royal Marine Sniper Halts Gulf Smuggling Skiff With Single Shot as HMS Lancaster Seizes £35m Drugs

The MoD says the mission marked the Gulf’s first use of non-lethal sniper disabling fire enabled by integrated helicopter-plus-drone surveillance.