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Gaddafi invents 'rocket car' ("Car of the Future")
BBC ^ | September 02, 2009 | BBC

Posted on 09/02/2009 11:55:28 PM PDT by SolidWood

Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has invented a sleek James Bond-style car, which Libya says is the safest vehicle on earth.

The car was unveiled on the 30th anniversary of the revolution which propelled the Libyan leader to power.

The Saroukh el-Jamahiriya (Libyan rocket) a five-passenger saloon in a metallic Libyan revolutionary green with tinted windows, was launched at a special summit of the Organisation of African Unity organised by Colonel Gaddafi.

The car has the aerodynamic lines of conventional models but the front and rear ends are rocket-shaped.

The interior is replete with air bags, an inbuilt electronic defence system, and a collapsible bumper which protects passengers in head-on collisions.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gaddafi; kaddafi; qaddafi; rocketcar
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"The leader spent so many hours of his valuable time thinking of an effective solution. It is the safest car produced anywhere," Mr Meghareff said.

"The invention of the safest car in the world is proof that the Libyan revolution is built on the happiness of man."

1 posted on 09/02/2009 11:55:28 PM PDT by SolidWood
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To: SolidWood

A high speed rocket car built by Libyans.........what could possibly go wrong?


2 posted on 09/03/2009 12:02:55 AM PDT by Dumpster Baby (Bacon,smokless powder,and boobs are proof that God loves us.)
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To: SolidWood

But can it outrun F-111s?


3 posted on 09/03/2009 12:03:08 AM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: SolidWood

“Henry Ford “ Gaddafi?


4 posted on 09/03/2009 12:05:54 AM PDT by woofie
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To: BulletBobCo

And isn’t the Libyan navy mostly unintended submarines-?!


5 posted on 09/03/2009 12:07:39 AM PDT by imjimbo (The constitution SHOULD be our "gun permit")
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To: SolidWood
The car was unveiled on the 30th anniversary of the revolution which propelled the Libyan leader to power.

Gaddafi seized power in a coup that was his idea, but according to the BBC he just happened to come to power in a revolution. Sheesh.

6 posted on 09/03/2009 12:07:51 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: SolidWood

“The leader spent so many hours of his valuable time thinking of an effective solution. It is the safest car produced anywhere,” Mr Meghareff said.

yeah that would be more impressive if we knew it could move


7 posted on 09/03/2009 12:14:04 AM PDT by ari-freedom (Fiscal conservatism without social conservatism is dead.)
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it is rocket propelled. Solid rocket fuel. Just light the fuse and go. sorta like wile E coyote.

Of course, you would have to be in the upper sahara when it takes off, for the roominess of the road and all.

8 posted on 09/03/2009 12:18:43 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: SolidWood
LIBYA=

Lakenheath
Is
Bombing
Your
A$$

9 posted on 09/03/2009 12:19:56 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: Dumpster Baby

The driver could prematurely jihadulate!


10 posted on 09/03/2009 12:26:32 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: sheik yerbouty

Premature Jihadulation...what will the 72 virgins think...


11 posted on 09/03/2009 12:32:13 AM PDT by ResponseAbility (Bureaucratic healthcare is bad medicine.)
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To: SolidWood
Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has invented...

Lol, that stupid SOB didn't invent anything. The people who really built it are probably sleeping with the fishes right now. So Moomoomar can say anything he wants and there is no possibility anyone will come forward to contradict him. This reminds me of the Ceausescus of Romania. Billed themselves as the smartest, most academically accomplished people in the world, but were total frauds. Moomoomar better start small before tackling something like a rocket car, maybe a camel pooper scooper or somethink like that.

13 posted on 09/03/2009 12:41:04 AM PDT by LibWhacker (America awake!)
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To: SolidWood

Next to be seen as the new “Car Czar” of the Obama administration with NO Congressional oversight (not that it would help now)


14 posted on 09/03/2009 1:10:20 AM PDT by machogirl
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To: SolidWood
Whoa! The latest from Muammar Motors. "It is the safest car produced anywhere..."

Who need airbags when you've got the latest built-in VB-IED technology. One collision and BOOM - you don't feel a thing.

15 posted on 09/03/2009 1:22:04 AM PDT by 24-7Freeper
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16 posted on 09/03/2009 1:25:25 AM PDT by Dallas59
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To: SolidWood

30th year anniversary? The revolution was 1969, no?


18 posted on 09/03/2009 2:08:52 AM PDT by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: SolidWood

Now I have one question; Is it safe? Is it? Against Predators, Reapers and Strikers…and other UAVs.


19 posted on 09/03/2009 2:52:14 AM PDT by ntmxx (I am not so sure about this misdirection!)
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To: SolidWood

If he lets the Stig test it and the world’s best car show, Top GEar, have at it, I’ll be watching....


20 posted on 09/03/2009 3:00:40 AM PDT by Androcles (All your typos are belong to us)
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