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Tinubu’s Motorcade : What You Should Know About The Land Cruiser With Roof-mounted Antennas
Tinubu’s motorcade : What you should know about the Toyota Land Cruiser SUV with its several roof-mounted antennas.
The Electronic Countermeasures Toyota Land Cruiser normally drives in front of the Presidential Official State Car.
It is designed to counter guided attacks, such as IEDs, rocket-propelled grenades, and anti-tank guided missiles.
Depending on the occasion, Autojosh Tinubu uses Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, Lexus LX 600, Toyota Land Cruiser 300 or Cadillac Escalade.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is known for travelling in a show-stopping motorcade of 20 to 50 vehicles (depending on the occasion) consisting of his official armored vehicle as well as police and military escorts.
Depending on the occasion and mission, Autojosh notes that President Bola Tinubu uses armored variants of Mercedes-Maybach S-Class (680), Lexus LX 600, Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Series or Cadillac Escalade SUV.
The Electronic Countermeasures Toyota Land Cruiser SUV normally drives in front of the Presidential Official State Car
While each of the official vehicles boasts armoring features designed to take Tinubu to some of the most unfriendly places on earth in style, they are still surrounded by an army of security vehicles to ensure the president remains safe.
The Electronic Countermeasures Toyota Land Cruiser SUV
Chief among the security vehicles in the Nigerian Presidential Motorcade is the Electronic Countermeasures Toyota Land Cruiser SUV designed to counter guided attacks, such as IEDs, rocket-propelled grenades, and anti-tank guided missiles.
Boasting several collinear antennas mounted on the roof, the Electronic Countermeasures Toyota Land Cruiser SUV normally drives in front of the Presidential Official State Car (in footage shared, the armored Cadillac Escalade SUV).
Its roof-mounted antennas are solely used in barrage jamming applications, the primary method used to counter IED threats. The antenna configuration can be changed according to threat level – taller antennas increases jamming protection distance.
