-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! THURSDAY MAY 31 2001 US Army turns to James Bond FROM LAURA PEEK IN WASHINGTON INSPIRED by James Bond films, the US Army has come up with a $1 million armoured 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. In filmed tests the black pick-up truck was shown evading militants with shotguns on motorcycles and bazooka-firing mercenaries in a battered Mercedes-Benz. In reality it is more likely to be used to ferry dignitaries such the President travelling in motorcades. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
