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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. 5 w+ L+ T3 B3 A J & |4 q7 A3 M [0 z$ b6 EA spokesman for the American military said: “No operational details have been released about units or equipment.” V1 A% R# M' g# E* [
6 Q, {' L: c; ^) d/ r) T , E* [ A* C' ?; d: h3 U' @0 P ; _! i" y! u, ]0 l! X- M2 r" Q5 f4 C. T0 g- l- d9 W) S# l# y 7 Y, K( f q+ J, k+ O; r/ p Q7 w $ M" r- M$ [' L8 o6 d* D$ k# T4 J& |1. Silver finish makes it harder to detect on radar and by infrared sensors E, w0 V7 t: X) X7 B, P
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2. Shape of tailboom has been altered and possibly enlarged to evade radar ( ]# I ?, c4 ] , W. L+ i- G) O' @* F9 V4 s( m3 ^3. Pan-like cover or hubcap over the rear rotor head conceals exposed machinery which is more easily picked up on radar8 c8 R( [/ ^1 @8 p# a3 ?* \2 }
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4. Extra blades on tail rotor reduce noise and lessen typical chopper sound
