[TPR] CEMENT BARRIERS

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Its an impressive demonstration.  Thanks for sharing.
I've been personally involved in the design, installation and testing of several 
security perimeter intrusion barriers and other security projects and 
unfortunately they don't help the average Joe or Abdullah .  They works great if 
you are a pencil dick sitting behind a desk in a embassy or another armored 
building 100 meters from point of impact....notice the Mercedes wasn't 
'packing'....if it had been packing lets say 20,000 bombs of high 
explosive...nothing sophisticated just daisy chained 155mm shells or 122 mm 
rockets or whatever fertilizer they could sheeit out it would be a different 
kind of demonstration if you know what I mean ;-)>

The biggest risk just about anyplace in the Middle East is still needing to be 
on any road at any time with unarmored vehicles like we in convoy with security 
or even if you are in armored vehicles where Taliban has set IED's every single 
night people are still going to get fokked up.....they've set reinforced K-rail 
around public suq or markets and the best security meassures have helped but 
then shoppers stop going to town. And the barriers won't stop suicide bombers 
with vests walking into pretty much where ever they want to travel. 

Headed back to LA via Dubai on Thursday.
 
Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com




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From: eldon hower <e_hower at yahoo.com>
To: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>; Frank Cirrincione 
<dagored72 at att.net>; Bob Radefeld <bob at radefeld.com>; Asa Jay Laughton 
<asajay at asajay.com>
Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 9:42:09 PM
Subject: Fw: CEMENT BARRIERS 


   This wouln't not be good ---  I'm glad that wasn't my Panatera ! 
Subject: CEMENT BARRIERS
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>
>Read, then watch clip*
>     How many times have you wondered how strong those cement barriers are that 
>you see in front of   military base entrances and around all Federal buildings?
>
>       This was sent by someone who works for the Army Corp of Engineers. From 
>time to time someone asks me what the concrete barriers infront of controlled 
>and secure buildings are for?
>     
>      When I tell them that the barriers will stop traffic, even trucks, from 
>approaching the secure building I usually get a look of disbelief.
>
>      Truck = 65,000 lbs. ~Speed = 50 mph ~ Kinetic Energy = 5.5 MILLION ft. 
>lbs. ~ Stopped in 24 inches !!!
>
>   *WELL, NOW THAT IS A SUDDEN STOP
> 
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