There's apparently a new vehicle that's been added to the @POTUS motorcade. "It has a menacing black bubble on top," reports print pooler @toddgillman. "Its purpose is unknown to your pooler. ... It was behind the press vans." pic.twitter.com/oojpmYhdEJ— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) June 20, 2018
Warzone/The Drive: We Have More Info On The Presidential Motorcade's New Satcom-Packing Super Truck
The massive six door custom truck only holds three people and features a cutting-edge command station in an electronically shielded cabin.
Yesterday we did a deep dive on a new jet-black, six-door, dome-packing truck that has appeared at the rear guard of the president's sprawling motorcade. We concluded that this vehicle was a new 'Roadrunner'—the Secret Service's code name for the White House Communications Agency's communications, networking, and command vehicle that follows the presidential limousine everywhere. Basically a rolling highly secure satellite communications gateway and wifi router, this vehicle is critical to the motorcade's functions and to the Command In Chief's ability to stay in touch at all times. Now we have much more to report about this mysterious vehicle and where it came from.
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WNU Editor: I have always wondered how the U.S. President communicates securely in his limousine .... now we know how.
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