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Osama bin Laden dead: hi-tech secret may end up in China0 |: d9 q* T J b/ c
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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. 7 {! }5 A5 u1 ~% l5 }+ @& ]9 M$ ]6 c0 G4 D# z3 K8 J
A spokesman for the American military said: “No operational details have been released about units or equipment.” 8 Z2 H: R. D2 ^, G5 m* o) G8 ~( z6 q
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1. Silver finish makes it harder to detect on radar and by infrared sensors% ?' ]3 W3 ~( G) T) S
6 ?+ D7 T6 w7 H" z6 L- p' U2. Shape of tailboom has been altered and possibly enlarged to evade radar" k7 O/ Z1 W/ s4 y+ _' h9 `' P+ z9 j, [
. C- q: ^% i# M* B2 @3. Pan-like cover or hubcap over the rear rotor head conceals exposed machinery which is more easily picked up on radar, { R, P9 n7 f* s9 Z) U1 B* S
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4. Extra blades on tail rotor reduce noise and lessen typical chopper sound
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