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Speculation has been running rampant on Malaysian social media about a black Volvo XC90 seen driving into the Prime Minister’s office in Putrajaya following the recent melee involving the country’s new Prime Minister. The car has black painted windows bearing a civilian registration number and is equipped with an antenna assembly on the roof rack along with a storage box on the roof.
Many theories have been put forward about the function of this vehicle and we approached a source to dig into the matter. Speaking on condition of anonymity, our source first said, “that vehicle belongs to the police, more specifically VIP security details.”
“The car serves two functions. Firstly, it is a communication relay for other vehicles in the convoy, carries several high power transmitters and usually operates in the UHF and VHF bands,” our source explained. Our source adds: “This allows `all vehicles in the convoy to connect to the same communication network and communicate with other stations on the same network.
“Another major function, apart from communication, is the function of the vehicle as a signal jammer.” At this point, our source has indicated that the information he told us, although not exactly available through open sources, is classified as “Confidential” in Malaysia.
“Signal jamming is to prevent bad guys from using cell phones or RF (radio frequency) signals to detonate a bomb or intercept the signal emitted to carry out an ambush,” he said. . “This is a common use for military operations, especially convoys. In this case, civilian vehicles are used for urban operations.”
Our source refuses to give us the frequency at which the device operates, but several people have noted loss of cell phones and other signals as vehicles pass through them. So there you have it, it is a mobile command post, of its kind, specifically designed for high-value target vehicle convoys operating in the built environment.
