"The Beast"

President Obama will be state guest in India, on this Republic Day, 26^th JANUARY 2015.

The much talked about “The Beast”, President Obama's Cadillac is definitely a sight to behold.

“The Beast”

1. Like any other presidential state car, The Beast is an extraordinary production car. Chevrolet Kodiak chassis, diesel engine and transmission, Escalade headlamps and tail lights from discontinued STS make it look like Cadillac.

2. It owns an airplane. The Beast travels in a C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft; it has the company of a second limo, a heavily armored Chevrolet Suburban communications vehicle, nicknamed Roadrunner. It is a rolling communications office directly linked to a military satellite has a SATCOM dome on its roof

3. The Beast armor plating is 8 inches thick and the doors are as heavy as those of a Boeing 757. Five-inch thick bulletproof windows contain at least five layers. Its gigantic, bus-size Goodyear tires are Kevlar-reinforced run-flat can keep The Beast on the road for quite some distance. The sealed interior reduces the risk of a chemical attack; the fuel tanks are insulated by special foam, in the event of an impact.

4. The Beast is packed with all the necessary stuff such as, Firefighting equipment and oxygen tanks to a cache of the president's blood type, tear gas canisters, grenade launchers, and shotguns.

5. It has provision for seating of seven passengers. The driver, the Secret Service protective agent for the President sits in the front passenger seat and the president. Four additional seats, three rearward facing and one seat next to the president for a guest.

6. The Beast is actually a family of Beast-like vehicles. Some look more like a Cadillac DTS. The other limousines are used for high-ranking foreign officials and VIP guests when they're in Washington, D.C. It is known that the Secret Service rotates between presidential vehicles.

President at times travels in the heavily-armored Chevrolet Suburban or a modified Prevost bus which is known as Ground Force One.

7. The Beast uses a Duramax diesel engine. The diesel engines are quite durable, low volatility that reduces the risk of its exploding – it is available everywhere in the world.

8. The Beast has highly trained drivers who can execute tight J-turns and other police-style evasion techniques. These drivers undergo extensive training.

9.  The Beast takes about 15 seconds to hit 60 mph from a complete stop, the beast top speed is max at 60 mph. All that weight makes sipping fuel at a rate of 8 mpg.

10. This year on 26^th of January 2015 it will bring President Barak Obama to the Raj Path where he will witness the Republic Day celebrations of the largest democracy on this Planet.