US President Barack Obama’s trip to India next month is set to be the biggest ever by any US president in terms of the protocol and logistics.
Headlines Today accessed the details of elaborate arrangements that will be in place to guard Obama. He will be accompanied by US first lady Micehlle Obama and their daughters Malia and Sasha.
Earlier, Obama’s daughters Sasha and Malia were not to be part of the trip. But sources revealed that Michelle’s opinion prevailed and now the girls would accompany the first American couple to India.
The US president will make a historic trip to the Taj Mahal along with his family. His visit is historic in terms of logistics which is the largest ever for a visiting US president.
The presidential entourage will have 40 aircraft, including the Air Force One that will ferry the president. There will be six armoured cars, including four Barack Mobiles and a Cadillac.
Cadillac is equipped with a mini communication centre to enable Obama to be in touch with the White House, US vice president and the US strategic command. It also has the US nuke launch codes and it can withstand a chemical or germ warfare and a bomb attack.
Two secret service command posts will be set up in Delhi and Mumbai to act as the communication nerve centres. These will monitor the president’s movement with real time satellite monitoring.
Three Marine One choppers will be reassembled in India to ferry the president and his family and to evacuate them in case of any emergency.
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(Source: India Today)
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7 Responses
What a waste of money for no purpose at all!! It makes me sick!
This is hardly news. All modern era Presidents travel with heavy and expensive security. In 1940 opponents took pot shots at FDR for the bunker fuel it cost the Navy to transport the Roosevelts (and their dog Falla) by destroyer to their Maine summer home. Yawn
If you want to know why read,
In the “Presidents Secret Service.”
Written by Robert Kessler. He explains why they must take such precautions.
I am with you number 2 this is how a president travels. Big deal. Focus on real issues.
yonasonW,
Would you perhaps admit this is a bit excessive by the manchild in chief?? If not, what would you or charles for that matter consider excessive? 100?? 125?? 150?? 500?? 50000??
He will get a wake up call Tuesday, the problem is he’s too arrogant to realize HE is the one who needs to come back to reality.
4 crazy,
I have no problem with AF1, AF2, going or any of his sophisticated cars etc going but when he is going with EIGHTY planes!? Gevalt, it looks like he is running away post election day and going into exile!
One more thing I would like to ask the lefties on this site, what happened to (what we know as the hoax of) global warming, carbon foot prints etc? This is typical socialist liberal hypocrisy because they are using EIGHTY planes to go to India! Whats the carbon footprint for your fake global warming on that one?
I stand corrected on one minor point, there are FORTY planes and not eighty. I know I saw that number someplace but it seems to be 40.