<story><title>Mysterious US Helicopter Used in Bin Laden Raid</title><url>http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/05/aviation-geeks-scramble-to-i-d-osama-raids-mystery-copter/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>firebones</author><text>How many helicopters and of what kind would it take to evacuate 22 people/bodies plus the SEALs and pilots?  Certainly more than a single remaining Blackhawk.&lt;p&gt;I wonder if the inadvertent tweeter might have been hearing the support copters coming in after the initial raid to pick up the prisoners/crew and that the explosions were also after the fact--the post-raid destruction of the downed helicopter.&lt;p&gt;I suspect that as the story is progressively refined, we&apos;ll learn that rather than being a flawless triumph, the actual reason for success was the depth of backup planning and redundant systems.&lt;p&gt;This will be ultimately be a story that becomes a lesson in how the military learns from its failures (Operation Eagle Claw: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw&lt;/a&gt; and the Rattle of Mogadishu aka Black Hawk Down: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(1993)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(1993)&lt;/a&gt;) rather than from its successes.</text></comment>
<story><title>Mysterious US Helicopter Used in Bin Laden Raid</title><url>http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/05/aviation-geeks-scramble-to-i-d-osama-raids-mystery-copter/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nettdata</author><text>It&apos;s a stealth optimized MH-60.  Nothing to see here, really.</text></comment>