The Chinese military could soon get its hands on the wreckage of a secret U.S. 'stealth' helicopter that crash landed in the raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound, Pakistani officials have said.
The previously unseen helicopter crashed in the daring dawn raid in Abbottabad earlier this month, with Navy SEALs managing to destroy all but a tail section of the secret aircraft.
The U.S. has since demanded the Pakistanis return the destroyed helicopter.
But according to ABC news, Pakistani officials have said the Chinese were also 'very interested' in seeing the tail section, with one unnamed official adding: 'We might let [the Chinese] take a look.'
Pictures of the heavily damaged tail section circulated on the internet shortly after the May 2 raid, with the remaining tail bearing a striking resemblance to the smooth angular design of other stealth aircraft such as the B2 bomber.
SEALS are demolitions experts. It's unlikely they would have failed to blow up that tail section. I noticed that the first time I saw that photo of the relatively intact tail section. Primacord wraps along with C-4 charges would have ensured there wouldn't be enough left to do anyone any good, even if the main charges didn't detonate for some reason.
Maybe they were killing two birds with one stone? Might that tail rotor wreckage be a deliberate plant? Send the Chinese down a garden path of dead end technology? Just a thought.
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