(FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS)

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QUESTION ONE:
I have the requirement to cover wide spans of road. How far will a CATSCLAW systems span?

QUESTION TWO:
What would happen if a vehicle impacted a CATSCLAW system with all brakes locked (skidding)?

QUESTION THREE:
Is it dangerous to destroy vehicle tires outright - particularly at high speed?

QUESTION FOUR:
What maintenance requirements are necessary with CATSCLAW Products?

QUESTION FIVE:
What is the expected operational life-span of CATSCLAW Products?

QUESTION SIX:
What happens if the blades become blunt or damaged through heavy use?

QUESTION SEVEN:
Will CATSCLAW products stop vehicles fitted with devices such as self-seal or run flat-tires?

QUESTION EIGHT:
Could CATSCLAW Mobile be used as a permanent system?

QUESTION NINE:
How secure are the radio signals which operate CATSCLAW products? Could a radio signal from an illegal / external source operate CATSCLAW systems?

QUESTION ELEVEN:
How long does it take for the blades to be raised / lowered?

QUESTION TWELVE:
How long would it take a new user to be able to deploy and operate a CATSCLAW product?

ANSWER ONE:
[HOW FAR CAN A MOBILE UNIT SPAN?]
By adding further pads to a standard system, a width of over 65 feet (20 metres) can be spanned.
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ANSWER TWO:
[IMPACT WHILST SKIDDING]
Our products are designed with this in mind. The CATSCLAW Mobile & Military systems will move into a natural curve or arc under these circumstances. Each corner of each pad impacts with its neighbor, thus absorbing the shock of the vehicle impact. The radius of the wheels fitted to the vehicle keeps the CATSCLAW systems firmly flat on the ground. The unit is fully functional and fully effective in this state.

CATSCLAW Permanent is not effected by a vehicle skidding over it - this system is installed flush with the road surface.
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ANSWER THREE:
[IS IT DANGEROUS AT HIGH SPEED?]
Throughout exhaustive testing conducted by an independent team of quality control engineers and other third parties [the German Authorities B.G.S and T.U.V., and the British Defense Evaluation Research Agency ], it had been found that the instant destruction of tire cavities is the most effective and safe means of stopping vehicles. The guaranteed destruction of all of the vehicles tires ensures that no drive is available to any of the vehicles wheels - rapidly bringing the target vehicle to a standstill.
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ANSWER FOUR:
[MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS]
Maintenance requirements of CATSCLAW products are minimal. We recommend that each individual pad is hose washed occasionally to eliminate the build up of debris. The 12 Volt drive battery has the same maintenance requirements as a standard car battery (charging unit supplied as standard).
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ANSWER FIVE:
[PRODUCT LONGEVITY]
CATSCLAW products enforce international borders worldwide. All units have heavy traffic use; many of these units have been in use for over 10 (ten) years. Some of these border crossings have a traffic flow of over 14 million vehicles each year. CATSCLAW products are virtually indestructible and prove to be a valuable asset to all organizations.
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ANSWER SIX:
[BLADE REPLACEMENT]
Occasionally, the blades will become damaged through heavy use or incidents where the blades come into contact with, for example, a poorly fitted exhaust system on a target vehicle. Each blade can be removed and replaced using a simple two screw fixture mechanism. The replacement of a blade can be achieved in approximately 5 minutes.
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ANSWER SEVEN:
[SELF SEAL / RUN FLAT DEVICES]
Yes. The damage inflicted to the tires is devastating - beyond 'self seal' repair. Self sealing tires are capable of repairing small punctures up to 3/16th of an inch, but CATSCLAW's blades slash a minimum of two, deep, long cuts deep into the tire cavity - far more than self sealing tires can cope with.

Likewise 'Run-Flat' tire devices. Run Flat products maintain reduced vehicle mobility with one or two flat tires. However, CATSCLAW destroys all vehicle tires on deployment.
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ANSWER EIGHT:
[CAN MOBILE BE USED PERMANENTLY?]
Yes. Connecting CATSCLAW Mobile to a power supply which is capable of charging a 12 Volt battery would enable CATSCLAW Mobile to be deployed on permanent duty.
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ANSWER NINE:
[REMOTE SECURITY]
No. The radio operating system for CATSCLAW products is 'Dual Conversational Code Hopping' [when the authorized signal is transmitted to the CATSCLAW receiver, the receiver transmits a signal back to the hand unit which, in turn, returns the signal re-coded]. This random re-coding has in excess of 16 million combinations.
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ANSWER TEN:
[DEPLOY TIME]
CATSCLAW Mobile can be deployed from the trunk of a car to fully operational status in less than 2 minutes.
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ANSWER ELEVEN:
[DEPLOY TIME]
From 'way clear' to 'road blocked' in less than 1 [ONE] second.
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ANSWER TWELVE:
[TRAINING REQUIREMENTS]
A new user can be trained fully to use CATSCLAW products in in less than 10 minutes.
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