The Car That Thinks It's a Tank: Inside Obama's 'Beast' Cadillac That Is Being Flown From the U.S. to Drive Down the�Mall by Chris Greenwood and Rebecca English

The Car That Thinks It's a Tank: Inside Obama's 'Beast' Cadillac That Is Being Flown From the U.S. to Drive Down the�Mall by Chris Greenwood and Rebecca English:

"The 8-Ton Armored Limo-Tank
With Obama cowering inside."

"An extraordinary entourage will accompany President Obama and his wife Michelle when they sweep into London tomorrow.

The team of at least 500 will include White House aides, a six-doctor medical team and a squad of personal chefs. There will be more than 200 secret service agents, many of them armed.

The President will travel in ‘The Beast’, his gigantic bomb-proof General Motors Cadillac with eight-inch thick armour-plating on its doors. The limousine will be accompanied by a motorcade of at least 20 vehicles plus a dozen police motorcycle outriders.

Such is the emphasis on security that Mr Obama’s team has even asked to fit bomb-proof double glazing to the windows of his guest suite at Buckingham Palace.

The moves to increase the First Couple’s safety come in the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden three weeks ago.

Also joining the President on the trip will be one military officer carrying a suitcase containing America’s nuclear missile launch codes, plus representatives of six departments of state."