Looks like the military-industrial complex, under the guise of the new Joe Biden administration is prepping for yet another petro-dollar war under the secondary guise of wanting to bring peace, democracy and prosperity to nations that don’t require such a one-sided, neo-liberal, dictatorial political doctrine. If you live in Venezuela or Syria, you better wait for America to plant its peace and freedom ravaged war flag on your land. And for once the military-industrial complex can do their unilateral and illegal invasions in yankee-doodle gun-ho touting fashion. The Ford 150 Hennessey VelociRaptor has the power to do America’s foreign interventions in style. The highly modded 3.0-litre V6 delivers 600 bhp of wanton destruction and power. The $154,000 asking price is a drop in the ocean to the over-funded and state-funded military war machine.
Power is one part of the overall equation when launching wars for natural resources under the pretense of bringing peace and democracy. You also need protection and vehicle protection specialists AddArmor has done just that. The company has taken that Hennessey VelociRaptor and added… armor. Lots of armor. They replaced the standard factory glass with ballistic glass and fortified the door panels with protective interior ballistic panels. AddArmor uses a material known as Dyneema, first invented in 1962.
Dyneema is classed as a ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene, it is 15 times stronger than steel but lighter and also highly durable. It has a variety of industrial uses and protective armor is one of them. It’s so strong that it can withstand IEDs and machine-gun fire. Perfect for those moments when the invasion takes a wrong turn down a drone bombed alleyway in a faraway and often desert land because that’s where the black gold is often buried.
The AddArmor F150 also shoe-horns in a dual battery system, intercom, bomb scanners, run-flat tyres and even a siren. The suspension is upgraded to incorporate a self-leveling air suspension system and the brakes are by Brembo. AddArmor asks for an extra $30,000 if you want your F150 pickup war machine ready and capable to bring democracy to the oil fields of Venezuela.
