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'Radiation-Proof' RVs to Launch Soon in U.S.
Tue Jan 11, 4:36 PM ET (Reuters)

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two private U.S. companies have designs on building the
first luxury recreational vehicle that could withstand nuclear radiation.

Parliament Coach Corp., a privately held company in Clearwater, Florida,
which converts Prevost buses into high-end RVs, has partnered with Homeland
Defense Vehicles to offer consumers a luxury motor coach that can protect
occupants against nuclear radiation from dirty bombs as well as biological and chemical attacks.

The idea is to offer the option on the pricey vehicles to consumers worried
about terror attacks, officials for both companies said Tuesday.

"Many people enjoy the RV lifestyle, but we also live in an era when people
have some level of fear about terrorism," Parliament Chief Executive Harvey
Mitchell said in a statement. "These concerns about terrorism are linked to
states where people with RVs like to travel."

The vehicles, costing from $1.2 million to $2 million, will be introduced
Wednesday at the Tampa Super RV Show in Florida.

Parliament takes the Prevost buses, which are like transit buses without
seats, and adds a luxury interior that sleeps from two to four people, while
also providing such amenities as a satellite navigation system and plasma televisions.

The RVs run from $1.1 million to $1.9 million, including a trailer,
Parliament said. The filtration system, which uses positive air pressure,
will be an option costing about $100,000, added Parliament, which builds 12 high-end RVs a year.

Occupants could live for several days in the custom-built motor coach, said
Daniel Ayres, president and CEO of Homeland Defense, a privately held company
based in Newton, Texas, which makes mobile medical and command center
vehicles for universities, county and state governments, and the U.S.
Department of Defense.

Last week, Homeland Defense introduced a similar filtration system for the
luxury version of the Medium Tactical Vehicle used by the U.S. Army and built
by Stewart & Stevenson Services Inc.

The vehicle, dubbed "Bad Boy Heavy Muscle Truck," weighs more than 13,000
pounds, is 10 feet high and 21 feet long, and has a ground clearance of
almost 2 feet. Homeland Defense hopes to sell 50 of the Bad Boy HMTs this
year at prices as high as $750,000.