Monday, August 15, 2011

Pakistan Permitted China Access To Inspect Crashed U.S. Stealth Copter -- News Roundup


Pakistan Likely Allowed China Access to Secret U.S. Helicopter: Reports -- ABC News

The Pakistani intelligence service probably allowed the Chinese military to examine and even take home parts of the top secret stealth helicopter used in the U.S. Navy SEAL raid to take down Osama bin Laden, according to a pair of recently published news reports.

Shortly after the successful raid in early May, photographs emerged online of what appeared to be the remains of a never-before-seen stealth-modified version of a Blackhawk helicopter that, according to the White House, crash-landed during the operation after clipping one of the compound's walls. The SEALs the chopper was carrying attempted to destroy it after the crash -- first reportedly with hammers to destroy the helicopter's sensitive, cutting edge electronics systems -- and then with explosives, but a large portion of the tail section survived the blast.

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More News On Pakistan Permitting China To Have Access To U.S. Stealth Helicopter

Pakistan lets China see US helicopter -- Financial Times
Pakistan let China see crashed US "stealth" copter - FT -- Reuters
Pakistan 'let Chinese snap US chopper' -- The Australian
Reports: Pakistan let Chinese inspect U.S. stealth copter -- CNN
Pakistan Offers China Glimpse of Downed U.S. "Stealth" Helicopter -- Daily Tech
U.S. Aides Believe China Examined Stealth Copter -- New York Times
U.S. thinks Pakistan let China see secret chopper -- USA Today
China may have examined US stealth chopper: report -- AFP
Pakistan 'gave China access to bin Laden raid helicopter' -- The Telegraph
Chinese Reportedly Get Peek at Secret SEAL Chopper -- Time
Reports: Pakistan Let China See Helicopter Left At Bin Laden's Compound -- NPR
Miffed about Bin Laden raid, Pakistan gave China access to top-secret American helicopter: report -- New York daily News
Pakistan Flips Off US on Copter: Losers Can't Be Choosers -- Steve Clemons, The Atlantic

My Comment: Pakistan is .... of course .... refuting claims that it shared U.S. stealth technology with China.

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