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| Riyadh gifts special cars to Islamabad |
| 2004-03-10 |
| Saudi Arabia has gifted Pakistan three exceptionally expensive, made-to-order Mercedes Benz cars fitted with high-tech gadgets and electronics equipment which fully secure them even against high intensity explosives. Well, the jammers seem to work against radio detonated bombs. They aren’t worth a damm if someone uses a shielded cable or a long run of det cord. Such vehicles are said to be in use by world leaders who face a constant threat to their lives from terrorists. Sources said these vehicles would most likely to be inducted into the fleet of cars reserved for President Pervez Musharraf. After he has them swept for bugs and built in bombs. Meanwhile, knowledgeable sources said there was no hope for the revival of the $700 million Saudi oil facility which had recently ended. A senior official of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources told Dawn that the facility had expired in December 2003, and it was not likely to be revived. Must mean oil contract. "For over six years the Saudis offered us oil on deferred payment and perhaps it is not possible for them to revive it due to their own financial problems," he said. "Jihad is expensive, we have to cut the budget somewhere." The facility was earlier halved from 100,000 barrels per day to 50,000 BPD before it was discontinued last year. The sources said the Saudi leadership had showed interest in purchasing Al Khalid tanks, Mashak aircraft and armoured personnel carriers from Pakistan. When I think world class arms, I always think of Pakistan. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 Oops, the last post was from me. Posting from my home computer. |
| Posted by: Bodyguard 2004-3-10 9:42:34 PM |
| #6 We can safely take a RPG to the front or rear areas, but to the occupant cabin our concern is overpressure from the explosion. (The armor works BOTH ways) Our windows can take AK all day as long as the glass isn't out of temper and single sector .50 cal BMG hits. I prefer the BMW 750iL UA sedan over the Mercedes Benz stretch S500 series, more engine, Armor class, and comfort, plus better high speed handling. Herr Prof. Doktor Ingenuer Hartung would kick my ass if he knew I thought this way, since I drive an old MB '94 E320 as a daily driver. Herr Herrnhausen would have survived if he would have been in a Level IIX Alpha Beemer, but Deutche Bank would still be screwed up. TGA where ya' at buddy? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-3-10 6:42:23 PM |
| #5 ...A LONG time ago, I got a chance to see CENTCOM's Mercedes close up. It was designed to stop RPGs and the kind of IEDs our guys are running into in Iraq. There is no - repeat, no REAL weapon (Hellfire, Maverick, 30mm, etc.) that a limo is going to stop. If these guys are thinking that when the Predator finds them, this will save them, they had better make sure their Mutual of Medinah policies are paid up. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-3-10 11:40:46 AM |
| #4 Saudi Arabia has gifted Pakistan three exceptionally expensive, made-to-order Mercedes Benz cars fitted with high-tech gadgets and electronics equipment which fully secure them even against high intensity explosives. For use against terrorists only. Won't save their asses from a Hellfire missile strike, or a barrage of 30mm bullets from an A-10. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-10 11:03:07 AM |
| #3 " Is this rust I see on this plane?" " No, it's, um, the dried blood of Jews?" " We'll take fifty!" |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-3-10 10:49:43 AM |
| #2 Muck, make it clear to your readers that you used to have a pocket knife that was "purdy sharp", but you are no longer in possession of such an item. BTW Mr. Doo the cafeteria is missing three sporks. |
| Posted by: Nuss Ratchett 2004-3-10 10:09:48 AM |
| #1 When I think world class arms, I always think of Pakistan. i have poket knife made in pakistan and it purdy sharp. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-3-10 9:48:59 AM |