Inside Donald Trump’s £30m ring of steel for his UK visit where nuclear aircraft carriers, snipers and 150 ‘shoot to kill’ special agents will watch his every move
PLANS are underway to create an impenetrable ring of steel around Donald Trump when he makes his first visit as President to Britain next week.
The massive security operation will include specially-designed armoured vehicles, rooftop snipers, undercover Secret Service agents and elite SAS soldiers.
Trump is set to arrive on Thursday next week for a £30million three-day visit to London, Windsor and Scotland that is expected to be targeted by demonstrations.
Security expert and the author of Parent Alert: How to Keep Your Kids Safe Online, Will Geddes, told The Sun Online: "If you think of it like a fried egg, the yolk is Trump and his team, and the white is everything else the Met Police can do around it.
"It will be primarily led by the Met Police but they will also be working along counter-terrorism command, the Secret Service, MI5, and inevitably additional support from Special Forces - that's SAS and SBS.
"Counter terrorism, their role will be in providing assistance and intelligence coordination with their American counterparts."
"MI5, they'll be looking at any kind of chatter around the visit that's existing already and prioritising those they think are of greater risk, or expediting the arrests of any individuals.
"Secret Service will inevitably already be here operating out of the US embassy. They will be doing the advance reconnaissance.
"They are looking at all the venues where Trump is going to be staying, how he will move into London when he touches down. How he's moved from those airports into London will be determined whether it's by road or helicopter."
He added the Met Police's counter-terror officers - armed with sub-machine guns, glock pistols and Heckler and Koch assault rifles - will also be out in force.
Mr Geddes also revealed Trump's team would be bringing several "Beasts" - the nickname given to the US President's armoured Cadillacs.
These vehicles have 20cm thick bullet proof armour, tear gas cannons, a sealed interior to protect against chemical attacks, a bomb proof undercarriage and bags of blood in the President's type.
Mr Geddes said: "Trump will be likely bringing a couple of Beasts. There will be various vehicles that will support that.
"They'll be a mix of SUVs and Range Rover Discoveries. Then in support vehicles there will be protection officers, counter attack teams.
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"They'll be incredibly well positioned to provide a response in the event of an attack."
He also explained there will be thousands of uniformed officers guarding Trump as well as undercover agents hiding among the crowds.
"You're going to have spotters and you're going to have top cover - that will be guys on roofs with sniper rifles.
"There will probably be Marine One, Two and Three, the presidential helicopters, and if he does use those they generally fly in a pattern of three, so nobody knows which helicopter the president is travelling on.
"There's every likelihood there will be a restricted air zone around the areas Trump is in. One of the biggest concerns is potential drones."
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