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**esdfsdflast** · 05-07-2011, 04:22 AM

When I saw a picture of that tail rotor the first thing I thought was that's a stealth, which the government says don't exist. The rotor looks much different than any I've ever seen.

You can bet that thing is in an aircraft hanger in China now, China and Pakistan have a very tight military relationship. Estimated cost? I've read anywhere from $50 million to $400 million...per chopper.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/satellite-p...222612762.html

Satellite Photos Show Navy SEAL Helicopter Used in Osama bin Laden Raid

By SPACE.com Staff,
Fri, 6 May, 2011

New satellite photos of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, where he was killed May 1 in a military raid, offer a revealing glimpse of the operation's aftermath, including roadblocks leading to the complex and the disabled helicopter thought to be part of a top secret U.S. defense project.

The images, released by the commercial satellite and aerial imagery provider GeoEye, zero in on the bin Laden compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The photos show no apparent structural damage to the buildings, but the remains of one U.S. Navy SEAL transport helicopter can be seen.

The helicopter has been the subject of intense scrutiny in recent days after photos of its tail-end were circulated online following the 40-minute night raid. Some experts have speculated that the vehicle may be a highly modified helicopter that is part of one of the military's secret "black stealth projects."

These covert ventures typically use new, innovative technologies, and the downed helicopter from the bin Laden raid could be a modified Blackhawk helicopter that is designed to fly quietly and evade radar detection, David Cenciotti, a military aviation journalist and information securities expert based in Rome, told SPACE.com's sister site TechNewsDaily.

Cenciotti noted differences in the aircraft's horizontal stabilizer and tail rotor. He also observed that the helicopter's blades were flatter, and not wing-shaped like in other helicopters, and they were partly obscured by a metal plate resembling a hubcap that he speculates could be anything from a stealth cover to an armor plate or some type of noise reduction device.

The Herndon, Va.-based GeoEye uses its high resolution GeoEye-1 satellite to image tens of millions of square kilometers of the Earth each year.

05-07-2011, 04:22 AM	#1
esdfsdflast Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 466 Senior Member	Top Secret Stealth Blackhawk Chopper likely lost in Bin Laden raid When I saw a picture of that tail rotor the first thing I thought was that's a stealth, which the government says don't exist. The rotor looks much different than any I've ever seen. You can bet that thing is in an aircraft hanger in China now, China and Pakistan have a very tight military relationship. Estimated cost? I've read anywhere from $50 million to $400 million...per chopper. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/satellite-p...222612762.html Satellite Photos Show Navy SEAL Helicopter Used in Osama bin Laden Raid By SPACE.com Staff, Fri, 6 May, 2011 New satellite photos of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, where he was killed May 1 in a military raid, offer a revealing glimpse of the operation's aftermath, including roadblocks leading to the complex and the disabled helicopter thought to be part of a top secret U.S. defense project. The images, released by the commercial satellite and aerial imagery provider GeoEye, zero in on the bin Laden compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The photos show no apparent structural damage to the buildings, but the remains of one U.S. Navy SEAL transport helicopter can be seen. The helicopter has been the subject of intense scrutiny in recent days after photos of its tail-end were circulated online following the 40-minute night raid. Some experts have speculated that the vehicle may be a highly modified helicopter that is part of one of the military's secret "black stealth projects." These covert ventures typically use new, innovative technologies, and the downed helicopter from the bin Laden raid could be a modified Blackhawk helicopter that is designed to fly quietly and evade radar detection, David Cenciotti, a military aviation journalist and information securities expert based in Rome, told SPACE.com's sister site TechNewsDaily. Cenciotti noted differences in the aircraft's horizontal stabilizer and tail rotor. He also observed that the helicopter's blades were flatter, and not wing-shaped like in other helicopters, and they were partly obscured by a metal plate resembling a hubcap that he speculates could be anything from a stealth cover to an armor plate or some type of noise reduction device. The Herndon, Va.-based GeoEye uses its high resolution GeoEye-1 satellite to image tens of millions of square kilometers of the Earth each year.
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