US Navy Seals: 5 Technology Tools Of The Special Forces -- The Telegraph
The secret US Navy Seals unit that killed Osama bin Laden has access to some of the world's most advanced military technology. Some information about their equipment is public, however.
Customised Blackhawk helicopter
One of the helicopters that carried Seal Team Six to Abbottabad crash landed inside the Bin Laden compound. Though the troops blew up the stricken craft to preserve the secrecy of the technology on board, part of the tail landed outside the walls and survived to show this was no ordinary Blackhawk.
The tail rotor had extra blades, which would have made it much quieter than the standard design. Similar modifications to the main rotor would have further silenced the approach.
And according to Aviation Week, the "silver loaded" paint job would have also made it difficult for infra-red sensors to detect the helicopter. This would have been particularly useful if Bin Laden had been armed with heat-seeking anti-aircraft missiles.
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Update #1: 5 State of the Art Military Technologies That Helped Take Out Bin Laden -- FOX News
Update #2: 9 Tools That Probably Helped the U.S. Military Take Down bin Laden -- Gizmodo
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