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But stealth for a helicopter is more than just being able to see it with radar, flying a dark colored aircraft at night will prevent any visual identification, plus they are loud, and I would be willing to bet that many of the modification that would be made to a stealth helicopter include making it quiet so it can fly low without being heard.
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Buuhh buhp buhp bah
buhp buhp buhp bah buhp buhp bah bah bah ba buhp buhp bah WHAAAAAAAAAAA. Stringfellow to Arch Angel, Dominick has got gas...Again.
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I didn't know this was a conspiracy, but rather accepted as fact. a top secret modified version of the ah-60, costing upwards of $90M.
one conspiracy i did hear is that the marines left the helo there on purpose. That is their "calling card" and serves as proof that it was indeed the US (namely the marines) that did this, and no one else. They have a history of leaving helicopters at the scene. Also, convenient that nobody got hurt from that chopper... when they fucking crash landed it! Shit, for 90 mil a pop, they better not be "stalling out" on light duty.
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It was the navy seals, not the marines.
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The only people in it at the time it crashed were probably the pilot, copilot, and one or two crew chiefs. The Seals probably fast roped down instead of putting the helicopter in more danger at the start of an OP when there is an unknown number of badguys and weapons available to them than trying to land in what looks to be a fairly confined space. Retrieveing the seals and bin laden would have been much safer because they would at that point know who is left and what and if they have any weapons.
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As it turns out.. it was an Army aviation unit.
http://battleland.blogs.time.com/201...rce-160-today/ The article mentions they fly BlackHawks.. but I'm willing to bet they're not your garden-variety BlackHawks. The 160th SOAR's Page: http://www.campbell.army.mil/units/1...160thSOAR.aspx And their recruiting video (where "modified helicopters" is one of the captions): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxeiG8IGN1c I'm sure whatever special modifications they have aren't shown publicly for a reason.
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Much ado over nothing...We have far more capable and still unknown hardware about I am sure. Even if the Chinese got it they wouldnt know what to do with it for another decade or so...
And as for the SEALS? It was Osama. They would have gotten there one way or another even if they had to dig their way across the border...
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(I know it isn't a helicopter), but I live near an Air Force base, and they had some new? F35's (so I am told) out there. Those things are fast as hell and pretty damn quiet from what I could see.
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