The Ultimate in Home Security - Doors From a 757 Jet

Do you ever lie awake at night, just waiting in fear for the Incredible Hulk to come smashing through your door and carry you off over the horizon? Do you worry about stray bullets or hand-launched rockets coming whizzing through your bedroom door, smashing you to smithereens? Well, you could be resting a lot easier if you had the same technology that Barack Obama has protecting him in the presidential Cadillac!

The doors on the new US president’s Cadillac One are armour plated, and weigh as much as the cabin door on a 757 Boeing jet does. That’s quite a lot. You couldn’t lift it, at any rate! These doors have to be made to withstand the pressure differential between the cabin and the outside atmosphere at 18,000 feet, remember.

Of course, once you have the same door that is protecting Barack Obama, you’ll need to have some of his car’s other security features for your home, also. The windows are tough enough to withstand armour piercing bullets, and none of them open - apart from the driver’s window, which can flip open at the front to pay tolls. What a lovely, down to earth, law-abiding president that pays tolls! There is an oxygen supply included, as well as a firefighting system. There is a Panic button installed right next to the president’s seat, and if you are the worryin’ sort, one of those probably won’t go astray next to your bed either! Obama’s seat also has a direct line to the Pentagon and the vie-president of the US. You might find it a bit more difficult to get one of them.

Or, rather than installing 757 doors on your home and armour-plated windows, just move to a quieter neighbourhood!

Via Gizmodo



4 Responses to “The Ultimate in Home Security - Doors From a 757 Jet”

1. Jrod says:

   1 August 2009 at 1:30 am

   This car is insane! A windshield that is resistant to armor piercing rounds? This ride is out of control.
2. josh g says:

   18 September 2009 at 2:41 am

   can i have this car wen your done with it mr. obama?
3. manuel viriato says:

   20 October 2009 at 12:42 pm

   god, is mr obama living in his car. out of play, he needs it to use against the conspiration of j.bush and others one
4. Cadillac One – The Obamobile | Gun Blog says:

   17 December 2009 at 12:34 am

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