Wednesday, May 4, 2011

So, that’s how they did it

A lot of people have been wondering how the SEALs got their helicopters in the air and over bin Laden’s compound without interference from the Pakistani military. I believe Boy on a Bike has it figured out.

3 comments:

Stosh2 said...

It seems fairly new 'stealth helicopters' were used in the raid. This is an interesting article about them in Aviation Week.

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a275902dd-e7a2-40fd-ab78-d46e3bf922b1&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest

Damn that's a long link. Will have to learn that technique of embedding links using short phrases.

Boy on a bike said...

I'm sure they were ably assisted by their Portable Acoustic Communication Optimisers.

Paco said...

B on a B: We'll let that be our little secret!