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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., d/ p/ o9 ]( Z9 l% x) p; K
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A spokesman for the American military said: “No operational details have been released about units or equipment.” + h0 l4 I$ {* Y8 J& E, D/ a + p; V" V. S0 k' X6 o3 a : O% t* L6 Z1 @: [' A6 i& q , C2 o+ g3 r5 L 2 [9 l$ ~* A; d9 X" v o N 3 p& f. _8 |) i. h3 D5 ~- M9 k
1. Silver finish makes it harder to detect on radar and by infrared sensors* S) ?9 x5 e* c: s+ r8 c
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2. Shape of tailboom has been altered and possibly enlarged to evade radar . z# M. T4 _* q3 Z1 M( j9 F5 {5 F" ~' P; h' q3 w
3. Pan-like cover or hubcap over the rear rotor head conceals exposed machinery which is more easily picked up on radar ' W1 [, h! K+ e3 }/ z2 ~# U F& {& T- r2 X( x) E5 q
4. Extra blades on tail rotor reduce noise and lessen typical chopper sound
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