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Lost Navy SEALS Helo.....Wot really happened??

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Old 9th May 2011, 09:20
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Well, if it is the alleged super secret stealth Black Hawk, they don't have hundreds ... losing one would be quite bothersome to the Special Ops Command.
Maybe, Maybe not but can just imagine the requisition order going through when it hits someone's desk who ask WTF did you do with the last one, no response just a "we lost it" and stamps NO.
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correcting the fairy tale...

"The helicopters, called “Stealth Hawks,” are inconspicuous machines concealing cutting-edge technology. They entered the compound as planned, with “Razor 1″ disembarking its team of SEALs on the roof of the compound — not on the ground level. There was no crash landing. That wouldn’t occur until after bin Laden was dead."


"...But Obama’s announcement, he said, “rendered moot all of the intelligence that was gathered from the nexus of al-Qaida. The computer drives, the hard drives, the videocasettes, the CDs, the thumb drives, everything. Before that could even be looked through, the political decision was made to take credit for the operation.”..."

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Old 10th Nov 2011, 22:34
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I blame it all on the foreigners, or was it the goblins? Either way it couldn't be anything the crew did wrong - get with the programme guys.........
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Old 11th Nov 2011, 05:48
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At least the outcome this time was better than the failed Iran hostage rescue and mission was accomplished. Realistically no military will engage in such an operation without knowing the possibility of losses.
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