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Bin Laden raid reveals another elusive target: a stealth helicopter
Los Angeles Times ^
| May 7, 2011
| By W.J. Hennigan and Ralph Vartabedian
Posted on 05/07/2011 4:34:20 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: LoneStarGI
I recall they canceled the Comanche - hopefully only to the ears of the public.
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posted on
05/07/2011 6:17:10 AM PDT
by
mcshot
("...of the people, by the people, for the people..." but we aren't "his people".)
To: KantianBurke
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posted on
05/07/2011 6:19:17 AM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Ladies and Gentlemen the _resident of the untied States!!)
To: central_va
Ah. That makes more sense. Thank you.
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posted on
05/07/2011 7:11:42 AM PDT
by
KantianBurke
(Hey Tea Party folks - what about Social Security reform?)
To: hellbender
Remember the one that was shot down in serbia? Then about a week later one of our bombs blew the $hit out of the chinese embassy’s Garage in Serbia... because... um... our maps were not up to date... my bet is the same “accident” will happen in this case.
To: hellbender
The military blocked off the neighborhood until every bit of the plane had been removed.Pretty much SOP to prevent souvenir hunters from carting off critical fragments of the aircraft which might aid in determining what failed, causing the crash in the first place.
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posted on
05/07/2011 8:27:57 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well, maybe all those folks who were talking about ‘black helicopters’ weren’t so ‘nuts’ after all...
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posted on
05/07/2011 8:29:16 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: KantianBurke
It was the WH version of events stating there was a mechanical failure.
Pakistanis say the rotor hit the wall as it was entering the compound.
To: driftdiver
The helicopter was destroyed using explosives. The explosion probably tosses this piece out of the resulting fire. Or you could believe the Pakistanis.
To: Smokin' Joe
I thought it also had something to do with keeping the technology secret.
To: School of Rational Thought
Believe the paks? Maybe not
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:11:18 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: hellbender
I remember when an F-117 stealth fighter broke up and crashed in a suburban neighborhood near Balto. MD during an air show. The military blocked off the neighborhood until every bit of the plane had been removed.
I remember one that was shot down in Iraq. We never got that one back. The Chinese are probably still working on a clone.
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posted on
05/07/2011 10:01:53 AM PDT
by
chainsaw
("The government cannot give to anyone anything that it does not first take from someone else.")
To: hellbender
I'm sure keeping actual capabilities, especially the 'gee whiz' stuff, under wraps is important. Look at 'official' speeds, ranges, etc. and it's pretty much a given that some of the platforms involved exceed those stated capabilities. The question for our enemies is one of how much? Or are we exaggerating so they pump their money into R&D to beat a fable?
It is all part of the game.
However, when civillians claim to see such, maybe those who so handily deride them as nutcases will give that derision a second thought.
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posted on
05/07/2011 10:17:53 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: All
I don’t understand - WHY did they leave that behind - what was the hurry? If it was that secret, couldn’t they have sent someone in to retrieve it?
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posted on
05/07/2011 1:49:24 PM PDT
by
jackibutterfly
(The American Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.)
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