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From: "William R. Benson" <benson@eqe.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 08:12:24 -0700
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>Laura Peek in Washington, London Times: Inspired by James Bond films,
>>the US Army has come up with a $1 million armored car equipped with gadgets
>>such as a spinning laser gun and electric door handles. The souped-up Ford
>>F350 pick-up truck can squirt out an oil slick, smokescreen or pepper spray
>>and drop hundreds of tacks on the road to repel pursuers. Its electric door
>>handles carry enough voltage to stun an intruder for several minutes.
>>"The first thing we did was look at all the old James Bond movies," said
>>Dennis Wend, director of the US Army's National Automotive Centre, which
>>customised the vehicle, known as the SmarTruck.
>>The original cost of the vehicle was less than $45,000 (?31,500), but the
>>army is estimated to have spent $1 million (?700,000) customising it. It
>>lacks the sleek curves of, for example, Bond's favourite Aston Martin DB5,
>>but it is likely to prove harder to wreck. It has a cladding of Kevlar, the
>>material used in bulletproof vests, its windows can withstand a .44 magnum
>>handgun fired at close range and it has a bomb detection system. Its
>>360-degree revolving night-vision cameras allow it to spot aggressors and
>>it carries a laser mounted on a remote-controlled turret to explode land
>>mines, as well as a grenade launcher.
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