Bin Laden is dead, turn on the tv, that is all

[Ryann]

EDIT: That's just a recently concocted theoretical graphic!

Prior stance reaffirmed.

[Farbin Kaiber]

I strive to be as skilled as george graves.

[Farbin Kaiber]

http://www.airspacemag.com/military-...quiet_one.html

^ From 2008. Regarding the common practice of modding existing equipment.

Oh, and I hear the top secret craft was known as Airwolf.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Airwolf

Yeah, that airwolf.

[ACMF74]

They really should release the OBL pictures for many reasons. Also, would be great if we made the head shot a US Postal Stamp.

YES...not sure about the stamp though... :o

[z31maniac]

The unfortunate thing is that the leftover pieces of that helicopter are likely on the way to China.

[merrrr]

can we kill justin bieber next?

[merrrr]

"In the course of the operation that cost the al Qaeda leader his life, one of the two Blackhawk helicopters that carried the SEALs into bin Laden's Pakistani compound grazed one of the compound's wall and was forced to make a hard landing. With the chopper inoperable, at the end of the mission the SEALs destroyed it with explosives."

sick that they blew up the chopper at the end of the mission... u think they could have gotten AAA to trailer it home

[CorvallisBMW]

sick that they blew up the chopper at the end of the mission... u think they could have gotten AAA to trailer it home

Only if they have AAA platinum. 200 miles baby!

[z31maniac]

"In the course of the operation that cost the al Qaeda leader his life, one of the two Blackhawk helicopters that carried the SEALs into bin Laden's Pakistani compound grazed one of the compound's wall and was forced to make a hard landing. With the chopper inoperable, at the end of the mission the SEALs destroyed it with explosives."

sick that they blew up the chopper at the end of the mission... u think they could have gotten AAA to trailer it home

The military even blows up stuff that is perfectly useable as well because of the cost of bringing it back to the states/maintenance/etc.

[NKRoberts]

The military even blows up stuff that is perfectly useable as well because of the cost of bringing it back to the states/maintenance/etc.

Wouldn't it cost more to build new stuff then to bring it back to the states?

[z31maniac]

Wouldn't it cost more to build new stuff then to bring it back to the states?

You would think.

I just know that from the equipment we sell. It never gets brought back.

I'd love to have a John Deere diesel-powered 30kW (or 60kW) generator in the backyard.

I could run quite a few of the neighbors houses during a power outage.

[NKRoberts]

I guess I should read some of the articles posted, but can someone explain to me how the chopper was "stealth"?

[z31maniac]

I guess I should read some of the articles posted

[Farbin Kaiber]

They did "quieting", revised rotor blades, revised tail rotor, stealth exterior (smooth, no rivits, with an alleged special coating), etc. It still would sound like a chopper, but you wouldn't hear it until about 200 yards out.

[NKRoberts]

I guess I should read some of the articles posted

I plan on reading them, I only have a few minutes while on my lunch so I thought I would get the short answer.