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Osama bin Laden dead: hi-tech secret may end up in China 0 @+ i6 N6 ?4 Y; _; T! b8 r# x9 I6 V
There are growing fears that top-secret stealth technology taken from the helicopter that crashed during the raid on the home of Osama bin Laden could be smuggled into China and cause a diplomatic row. % a6 W: _2 w% h2 q8 N8 M9 m - C) y- F8 E. I E' @A spokesman for the American military said: “No operational details have been released about units or equipment.” 2 F7 S) E' Y. s4 V- L/ C- z# Z
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5 v, i3 O7 t# r; T0 ]9 e $ {( v' p! I8 e# j 2 v% O$ w( |! E4 d; u( P$ z% { 4 M! J' x. \# m8 m. H& R . q; B3 y' A. q9 C3 [' u1 o$ p1. Silver finish makes it harder to detect on radar and by infrared sensors 5 d- B0 F. u; w i6 [& j 2 |& P2 w3 _( \7 X* e+ p) e2. Shape of tailboom has been altered and possibly enlarged to evade radar ) G4 ]8 \9 _) U6 L) j! p4 r1 A- F( {6 W* z$ F% Y* E) Q3 j! `3 L8 l
3. Pan-like cover or hubcap over the rear rotor head conceals exposed machinery which is more easily picked up on radar 8 r- P% |6 t2 K7 J p- _ " e7 K" ~$ ?% p( G ]! [" e- n4. Extra blades on tail rotor reduce noise and lessen typical chopper sound