stealth chopper

[boomerang]

Not really a conspiracy, but maybe interesting. State of the art hardware would make sense for the mission of penetrating hostile airspace and swatting Bin Laden.


Osama bin Laden death: photos suggest use of 'stealth' helicopters | World news | The Guardian

 

[Ron Collins]

Very cool! Here are a couple of articles from aviation week.
Article 1
Article 2

And the tail rotor image.

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It is easy to see the angular and reflective features even from this small section of the helicopter. They used radar absorbent paint and deflection features to obscure the radar signature. All the more proof that Pakistan had no idea that they were coming.

 

[Angel of Ioren]

Is it just me or does it look too small to be a Blackhawk? Or is it just a piece of it?

Anyway, it would be an ideal time to use new tech. Sometimes I wonder what the military has that we don't know about.

 

[Facius_Cardan]

It's technology may have helped avoiding radar, but it hasn't avoided its destruction...

 

[Han]

Is it just me or does it look too small to be a Blackhawk? Or is it just a piece of it?

The picture/s are of the wreckage. The U.S Soldiers blew it up after the rotors clipped a wall and used the other chopper to leave.

 

[mike]

Is it just me or does it look too small to be a Blackhawk? Or is it just a piece of it?

Anyway, it would be an ideal time to use new tech. Sometimes I wonder what the military has that we don't know about.

Actually the same thought occured to me, Surely if we were behind the "milabs" then thats how we would have extracted him.
Silent craft over the compound, blue light that paralyses everyone, and wisk him away, leaving screen memorys in the minds of any witness's

 

[boomerang]

You can't help but wonder how quiet this thing actually is. And if this is state of the art or just a notch past what is public.

Looks like Christmas in May for Pakistan and whoever else : ( This should keep their scientists and engineers busy for a while. Also wondering what India is making of this inadvertent technology transfer.

 

[Han]

In the links ron provided earlier it explains that the Helicopter/s has been modified to avoid detection on radar and infa red, although the amount of noise it makes has be reduced it is by no means quiet, but it does make less noise than usual, meaning that the enemy (especially at night) will think that the chopper is further away than it actually is, resulting in them having less time to react.

 

[mike]

You can't help but wonder how quiet this thing actually is. And if this is state of the art or just a notch past what is public.

Looks like Christmas in May for Pakistan and whoever else : ( This should keep their scientists and engineers busy for a while. Also wondering what India is making of this inadvertent technology transfer.

Actually word is they will likely sell it to the chinese who are working on a similar craft.........

Pakistani officials carted away the wrecked helicopter Monday, loading it into trucks and covering the pieces with tarps. Former White House counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke said the US could have reason to worry about where that wreckage will end up, given Pakistan’s close relationship with China.
“There are probably people in the Pentagon tonight who are very concerned that pieces of the helicopter may be, even now, on their way to China, because we know that China is trying to make stealth aircraft," Mr. Clarke said Wednesday on ABC’s Good Morning America.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110505/ts_csm/381864

 

[Ron Collins]

Here are some artist renderings that are floating around a military forum I belong to.

Looks like the NightStalkers have a fancy new toy.