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Crashed Helicopter Sparks Concern Over Stealth Secrets
Hugh Pickens writes "The crash of a helicopter involved in the raid on Osama bin Laden's Pakistani hideout has prompted intense speculation about whether the aircraft was specially modified to fly stealthily — and whether its remains could offer hostile governments clues to sensitive US military technology. Remnants of the helicopter, including a nearly intact piece of its tail, suggested that the aircraft involved in the raid wasn't the typical Black Hawk flown by special-operations forces. Aviation experts who scrutinized photos of the scene say the tail had unusual features that suggested the helicopter had been extensively modified to fly quietly, while appearing less visible to radar. 'The odds are fair — based on my knowledge of the subject area — the vast majority of the special MH-60s aircraft were purpose-built to make those aircraft as stealthy as they could possibly be,' says aviation expert Jay Miller, adding that the remnants of the aircraft suggested extensive use of nonmetallic composite parts, which reflect less radar energy. Experts also say the tail rotor's design suggested an effort to reduce the 'acoustic signature' (video) of the helicopters to make them fly more quietly."
Seeing the behavior of the US government in the last decade, I really hope secret stealth technology is in fact discovered. We simply can't let a country have too much of an advantage, especially a country that proves every day that it believes human rights mean nothing, allies are people to spy on and wars can be started against anyone for any reason.
Seriously, we should even force the USA to get rid of all it's nuclear technology at this point. There's a massive Genocide in Iraq (100k dead Iraqis), Obama thinks he can have people assassinated without a trial, the police no longer respects people's rights and privacy and judges give them that power constantly... The USA is the biggest threat to the Western World.
Why is it that the USA develops military technology that can only be used against military enemis, such as railguns, when today the only people who'd attack the USA are guerillas and terrorists? Because the USA plans to conquer more territory, or at least wants to keep this option open.
Right, because China has started dozens of wars of aggression in the past 50 years, often on fabricated pretences. Oh wait, they haven't, that was the USA.