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Thread #55527   Message #863734
Posted By: Amos
10-Jan-03 - 02:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: Tyranny?
Subject: RE: BS: Tyranny?
Short brief, LH:

"SmarTruck II"
• Modified platform of Chevrolet Silverado pickup
• V-8 engine, 350 horsepower
• Instead of truck bed, stainless steel interchangeable boxes that can contain anything from small missile and launcher system or communication and surveillance systems.
• Vehicle could also carry unmanned dronelike aircraft.
• Cab houses 3-D mapping system and communication system dubbed 'hacker in a box' that could monitor e-mail in area, send e-mail or destroy enemy communication system.
• Prototype cost: Between $500,000 and $1 million.

Source: Reuters