And I was just wondering about the Pakistanis, wreckage of the stealth helicopter, and the Chinese

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Pakistan: I guess we’ll have to show China the wreckage of your secret
stealth helicopter
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You know what the answer to
this<http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/osama-bin-laden-raid-pakistan-hints-china-peak/story?id=13570573>is?
Have Mike Mullen very loudly and formally invite the head of India’s
air
force to tour an American air base and check out all the latest projects
we’re working on. Maybe, as a bonus, let him sneak a peek at that insanely
awesome shipborne
laser<http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/04/video-navy-laser-sets-ship-on-fire/>that
the Navy’s perfecting.

Why not? India’s the ultimate bulwark against these fascist and jihadist
savages. Let’s make sure they’re prepared. And given their own growing
knowledge base in weapons
advances<http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,222533,00.html>,
it’d be useful to have a reciprocal relationship with them. It’s time to
make this a proper alliance.

The U.S. has already asked the Pakistanis for the helicopter wreckage back,
but one Pakistani official told ABC News the Chinese were also “very
interested” in seeing the remains. Another official said, “We might let them
[the Chinese] take a look.”

A U.S. official said he did not know if the Pakistanis had offered a peak to
the Chinese, but said he would be “shocked” if the Chinese hadn’t already
been given access to the damaged aircraft…

The potential technological advancements gleaned from the bird could be a
“much appreciated gift” to the Chinese, according to former White House
counterterrorism advisor and ABC News consultant Richard Clarke…

The Chinese and Pakistani governments are known to have a close
relationship. Last month Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif
concluded a trip to Beijing, afterwards telling Pakistan’s local press that
*China was Pakistan’s “best friend.”*

Yes, please, let China know the singular joy that comes with being
Pakistan’s “best friend.” ABC correctly points out that China is rumored to
have jumpstarted its stealth program with pieces of a U.S. bomber that
crashed in the Balkans in the late 90s; if that’s so, then that Point A
might have led directly to this Point
B<http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/chinese-prototype-stealth-fighter-rival-uss-best-report/story?id=13561596>.
And yet, the question lingers: Is a stealth helicopter really all that
difficult to figure out? Some experts say
no<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hR2irDx_VrXUK2D7gGafHxyMA02A?docId=CNG.89ffd82cb45672732d8b68a3a9e8eefe.401>
:

[Lexington Institute head Loren Thompson] said that the technology and
design features to enable an aircraft to reduce noise and evade radar are
not shrouded in secrecy.

Countries that examine the wreckage “will not learn much from the remnants
of the exploded helicopter that were not already readily available in open
literature,” Thompson told AFP…

The helicopter appears to have at least five blades in its tail rotor,
instead of the four associated with the Blackhawk, which analysts said could
possibly allow for a slower rotor speed to reduce noise.

A cover on the rotor, akin to a hubcap, can also be seen as well as harder
edges in the design, similar to the lines on stealth fighter planes such as
the F-117. The cover on the rotor and the design lines would presumably be
aimed at circumventing radar, according to analysts.

It’s not *completely* stealth, either. No doubt it’s radar-proof and quieter
than a normal military helicopter in its approach, but remember that guy in
Abbottabad who inadvertently tweeted the Bin Laden raid as it
happened? His very
first tweet<http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/01/twitter-user-live-blogged-about-raid-on-bin-laden-without-knowing-what-it-was/>was
“Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1 AM.” I don’t know how far
he
was from the compound, but if it was loud enough for him to hear, the
Pakistani military must have heard it too. That’s why the raid was only 40
minutes; they would have showed up sooner or later.

As further reading, I recommend this short piece from Victor Davis
Hanson<http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Pakistani-Problematics>about our
very good friends in Islamabad. He’s tired of paying them billions
in protection money not to do something crazy involving nukes, mainly
because they seem to be getting crazier regardless. Exit quotation: “We’ve
tried aid, no aid, sanctions, full diplomatic relations, estrangement,etc.
At this point, all have failed, and failure without $3 billion a year is
better than failure costing $3 billion a year.”


Johne Cook
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