Stan, there's got to be something else going on with this shooting. There can't be that much difference in military forces.
That 975m edge over the previous record must be different technology. My guess the computer dialled in by the spotter.
Or, possibly but not likely, I recall a US colonel involved in debriefing US-Can snipers in Afghanistan telling me US Army wanted the scope mount Canadians were using but Washington said no.
With all the data and video backing the shot, the article had the ring of a command performance, as if this is the new norm.