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Post by: Rictor on January 12, 2005, 02:35:17 pm

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N11313393.htm

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CHICAGO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Two private U.S. companies have designs on building the first luxury recreational vehicle that could withstand nuclear radiation.

Parliament Coach Corp., a privately held company in Clearwater, Florida, which converts Prevost buses into high-end RVs, has partnered with Homeland Defense Vehicles to offer consumers a luxury motor coach that can protect occupants against nuclear radiation from dirty bombs as well as biological and chemical attacks.

"Many people enjoy the RV lifestyle, but we also live in an era when people have some level of fear about terrorism," Parliament Chief Executive Harvey Mitchell said in a statement. "These concerns about terrorism are linked to states where people with RVs like to travel."

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Post by: Flipside on January 12, 2005, 02:38:42 pm

:lol:

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:lol: :lol:

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Post by: an0n on January 12, 2005, 02:40:33 pm

Ah, scaremongering. Is there anything it can't do?

Oh, that's right, it can't: Reduce crime, fix the budget, reduce pollution, save lives, increase the standard of living, save the Iraqi people......

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Post by: Scuddie on January 12, 2005, 02:53:28 pm

...Save the American people ;)

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Post by: Corsair on January 12, 2005, 04:34:47 pm

ICEBERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG TO STARBOARD!!!!!! HARD 'A PORT!!

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Post by: Night Hammer on January 12, 2005, 04:59:11 pm

could they nuke proof my ponitac grand prix?:lol:

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Post by: Nuke on January 12, 2005, 05:07:44 pm

they nukeproofed cher :D

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Post by: Taristin on January 12, 2005, 06:19:03 pm

No... that's just 40 layers of plastic

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Post by: Nuclear1 on January 12, 2005, 06:43:30 pm

Yeah. They got a few more layers and face-lifts to go to be entirely nuke-proof. :p

Note: By such a statement, I do not mean resisted by me. It will not take another plastic surgery to make me disgusted with Cher.

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Post by: WMCoolmon on January 12, 2005, 06:45:34 pm

So, that's like if a terrorist decides to nuke....uh....er....hmmm. Anytime nukes are involved, I hardly think of an RV as a very effective deterrent.

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Post by: IceFire on January 12, 2005, 06:49:13 pm

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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
So, that's like if a terrorist decides to nuke....uh....er....hmmm. Anytime nukes are involved, I hardly think of an RV as a very effective deterrent.

And then there's the issues of food, water, and the fact that gamma radiation in any quantity is going to go through pretty much all but the most rediculous radiation shield makes this so impractical that its not worth doing.

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Post by: Taristin on January 12, 2005, 06:50:35 pm

It's not in case of a nuke, it's in case of a dirty bomb... you know, a conventional explosive that is used to spread radioactivity...

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Post by: ShadowWolf_IH on January 12, 2005, 06:52:46 pm

so then we are concerned about terrorists who live in certain states and like to drive RV's?

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Post by: Taristin on January 12, 2005, 06:55:10 pm

Everyone knows that terrorists love recreational vehicles...

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Post by: Flipside on January 12, 2005, 06:55:22 pm

I can see yellow suited men walking down the streets looking into the windows of RV's packed like the poster for Shaun of the dead......

:nervous:

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Post by: dan87uk on January 12, 2005, 07:13:53 pm

thats quite possibly the stupidist idea iv ever heard of, not to mentio na waste of money....all you need is my dad's good ol faithful 1985 Volvo ;) thats nuclear proof

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Post by: BlackDove on January 12, 2005, 07:15:45 pm

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Originally posted by Corsair
ICEBERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG TO STARBOARD!!!!!! HARD 'A PORT!!

:lol:

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Post by: Flipside on January 12, 2005, 07:18:29 pm

hehehehehe

Thing is, as gruesome as it sounds, this wouldn't help most people.....

'The vehicles, costing from $1.2 million to $2 million, will be introduced Wednesday at the Tampa Super RV Show in Florida.'

Anyone got $1.2 million++ to spare? So, in that price range we are talking about 'People who live in higher wage brackets in the more at-risk states'.

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Post by: ShadowWolf_IH on January 13, 2005, 02:01:33 am

sure flip, let me cut you a check.....

**steals Shrike's checkbook**

heere ya go pal.....

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Post by: Clave on January 13, 2005, 02:11:25 am

You could save money by wearing an NBC suit all the time:

(http://www.army-technology.com/contractor_images/remploy/remploy1.jpg)

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Post by: vyper on January 13, 2005, 02:13:06 am

Cause that'll do you when a shockwave hits.

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Post by: Clave on January 13, 2005, 02:15:12 am

well, you have to stay indoors, natch, but it's cheaper than a million-dollar vehicle which actually will not protect you from the shock either...

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Post by: Liberator on January 13, 2005, 02:36:13 am

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Originally posted by IceFire

And then there's the issues of food, water, and the fact that gamma radiation in any quantity is going to go through pretty much all but the most rediculous radiation shield makes this so impractical that its not worth doing.

I though gamma was stopped by tin foil and it took heavier stuff to block alpha, beta, and the x-rays?

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Post by: Black Wolf on January 13, 2005, 03:18:37 am

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Originally posted by Liberator


I though gamma was stopped by tin foil and it took heavier stuff to block alpha, beta, and the x-rays?

Other way around. Clothing'll stop Alpha, Cement;ll stop beta and several cms of lead will stop Gamma. Dunno about X Rays, but I assume bone'll stop a lot of em, so I can't imagine the requirements being particularly significant.

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Post by: aldo_14 on January 13, 2005, 07:29:02 am

And there was me thinking the good thing about nuclear was that there wouldn't be any SUV drivers afterwards.......

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Post by: Clave on January 13, 2005, 04:25:46 pm

There pretty much won't be any modern vehicles still working, or computers, telephones, aircraft, radar, ships, trains etc. etc.  Everything with delicate electronics will be EMP'd to death...

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Post by: Vertigo1 on January 13, 2005, 09:58:52 pm

*starts humming the movie theme to Stripes*

:D

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Post by: aldo_14 on January 14, 2005, 03:20:58 am

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Originally posted by Clave
There pretty much won't be any modern vehicles still working, or computers, telephones, aircraft, radar, ships, trains etc. etc.  Everything with delicate electronics will be EMP'd to death...

I believe the US has in fact developed fax machines which can resist a nuclear blast.

I don't believe they've developed users who can survive a nuclear blast, though.