Obama In Kenya: $1.5 Million Bomb-Proof Limousine To Protect President From Attack (VIDEO)

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The $1.5 million bespoke, bomb-proof limousine popularly called 'The Beast' is a moving fortress with eight-inch thick steel plates, five-inch thick bulletproof glass, Kevlar-reinforced tyres, and a presidential blood bank in the boot.

The Beast is one of as many as 60 vehicles flown into Kenya for the visit, Kenya Airports Authority officials told The Standard newspaper, as snapped photos of the vehicles arriving on cargo planes were shared on social media.


After Al-Shabab, a Somalia-based al Qaeda affiliate, have ramped up cross border attacks in northeast Kenya in recent months,

“The American president is a high-value target so an attack, or even an attempt, would raise the profile of al-Shabab,” Richard Tutah, a security and terrorism expert in Nairobi, told AFP on Friday.

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