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Top Secret Stealth Helicopter Program Revealed in Osama Bin Laden Raid: Experts
ABC News ^
| May 4, 2011
| Brian Ross
Posted on 05/04/2011 5:10:31 PM PDT by Jewbacca
Before an elite team of U.S. Navy SEALs executed a daring raid that took down Osama bin Laden, the commandos were able to silently sneak up on their elusive target thanks to what aviation analysts said were top secret, never-before-seen stealth-modified helicopters. In the course of the operation that cost the al Qaeda leader his life, one of the two Blackhawk helicopters that carried the SEALs into bin Laden's Pakistani compound grazed one of the compound's wall and was forced to make a hard landing. With the chopper inoperable, at the end of the mission the SEALs destroyed it with explosives.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: china; helicopter; osama; stealth
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I was a fixed wing pilot in the IDF, but note the pan on the rear rotor (radar stealth) and the silver paint (thermal). The blades also look fat, so they probably could rotate a bit slower.
I, for one, am not happy that this tail section survived, as Pakis and China have co-developed a number of weapons systems, including some pretty advanced stuff.
This would be a nice gift to their R&D teams.
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:10:33 PM PDT
by
Jewbacca
To: Jewbacca
Silently??????....So that guy with the fly swatter on twitter was hearing things??
Silent my ______.
To: Jewbacca
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:13:46 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: Jewbacca
They better not put in in their embassy!
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:14:05 PM PDT
by
donozark
("Never wound a King." Machiavelli)
To: Sacajaweau
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:14:27 PM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: dalebert
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:15:00 PM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: Jewbacca
Thanks for posting. Good scope on this bird
here and it explains how our guys got in so stealthily.
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:15:42 PM PDT
by
moehoward
To: dalebert
"why didnt we destroy it?"
because it was scratched and we have money to burn
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:19:35 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
To: Jewbacca
If it’s supposed to be secret, why are we discussing it in a worldwide forum?
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:20:56 PM PDT
by
rabidralph
(http://www.conservativedna.com/)
To: rabidralph
If it’s supposed to be secret, why are we discussing it in a worldwide forum? Because the cat is obviously out of the bag.
And nobody's going to learn anything they shouldn't know from reading FR.
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:25:14 PM PDT
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
To: Jewbacca
YUP...
This thing is so top secret there’s a an article about its development on NASA’s website... and Eurocopters and wired.com and...
To: Sacajaweau
Silent compared to a normal copter.
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:29:24 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
To: dalebert
They tried to destroy as much as they could (electronics probably). But I’m sure someone from USA was there very shortly to watch over it.
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:35:46 PM PDT
by
mewykwistmas
(Lost your job as a birther under Obama? Become a 'deather'! Where's Bin Laden's death certificate?)
To: rabidralph; Jewbacca; moehoward
LOL, rabidralph. I thought exactly the same thing at first.
It comes from a link to ABC, which was also covered by Aviation Week. I guess it's out there whether we want it to be or not.
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:36:17 PM PDT
by
fanfan
(Why did they bury Barry's past?)
To: Jewbacca
Why in the hell does Obama/Biden and the media like to endanger our troops with their big mouths?
To: dalebert
When they blew up the chopper, this part blew away intact and over the wall of the compound.
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:37:57 PM PDT
by
SueRae
(I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
To: rabidralph
I understand the whole ‘loose lips’ thing but be real. Pak HAS THE DAMN THING in their hands.
Do you really believe anything anyone here SPECULATES makes a whit of difference? Rational thought should always accompany well intentioned patriotism.
To: SueRae
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:40:03 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: SueRae
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:43:14 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: Jewbacca
Damn shame the stealth tech is now in the hands of the Chicoms
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posted on
05/04/2011 5:48:05 PM PDT
by
bigbob
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