“ROAD RAGE” HAS JUST TAKEN ANOTHER STEP UP.  Dillon Aero of Arizona has just introduced a security car built from a GMC Yukon.  Popular Mechanics checked it out and tells us:

From the street, the GMC Yukons customized by Dillon Aero look like standard-issue SUVs. But behind the tinted windows lurks a fire-spitting dragon: a Dillon Aero M134D Gatling minigun. Designed for VIP escort, the Yukons are outfitted with a roll cage, steel-plate armor and puncture-proof fuel cells and tires. And though weighing around 9000 pounds, the vehicles can exceed speeds of 100 mph (forthcoming supercharged models should be able to go even faster).

At the first sign of trouble, the gunner can pop through roof panels mounted on spring-loaded gas shocks, swivel up to 360 degrees, and unleash a withering, 3000-rounds-per-minute barrage. That’s 50 different 7.62-mm bullets every second.

The two half-moon roof panels act as a shield, and the gun operates off its own 28-volt electrical system, which feeds the ammo from 3400-round linked belts. “The vehicle lays down so much firepower so fast,” says a Dillon Aero spokesman (who asked to remain anonymous), “if you’re a bad guy, all you’re going to want to do is keep your head down.”

Dillon is secretive about who their customers are, but they do admit that some governments friendly to the U.S. have purchased some. 

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