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Defense Industry News - Paramount Group |
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 01:48 PM | |||
Gabon purchases a fleet of Maverick Internal Security Vehicles from Paramount Group. | |||
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government of Gabon has purchased a fleet of Maverick internal security
vehicles from Paramount Group and successfully deployed them at the Africa
Cup of Nations football tournament. Ten Mavericks were bought by the Gabonese
authorities, who jointly hosted the football tournament with Equatorial
Guinea, for deployment as public order vehicles at stadiums across the
country during the competition. |
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![]() Paramount Group Maverick ISV Internal Security vehicle |
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The
tournament faced potential security issues following the Arab Spring uprisings
of 2011 in North Africa, and the possibilities of terrorist attacks. An
armed assault on the Togo team bus at the 2010 Cup of Nations in Angola
killed three people and injured two players. |
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