British businessman bought a network of private roads to test his… “alien” self-driving vehicles, but the radar system was an added bonus
While most millionaires spend their fortunes on expensive cars and luxury yachts, Mr William Sachiti used his fortune to buy a Cold War-era radar station in Norwich, England.
The millionaire, who is a British businessman, bought a network of private roads to test his … “alien” autonomous vehicles, but the radar system was an added bonus, as the “Daily Mail” writes.
In fact, when asked what he intends to do with the 25-meter-tall giant machine, which once alerted the British military to incoming nuclear missiles, he replied that he would “hunt” UFOs. “I’ll find a way to bring it to life and let people choose the best way to use it.” he said himself. “If people want to chase UFOs, I won’t displease them».
The massive system is located at Neatishead Royal Air Force Base, an air defense station in England. In 2010, it was advertised for sale with an asking price of $4,780,000, but he did not disclose how much he paid to acquire it.
Sachiti is an artificial intelligence expert and entrepreneur who uses his free time to solve the world’s problems, as he told the Daily Mail.
However, his big love is his company Kar-go, which uses self-driving cars to deliver parcels. “Think of it as a sorting post office on wheels“, he said.
The autonomous, four-wheeled vehicle rides low to the ground, has an aerodynamic appearance, is green and black in color, along with a number plate on the front and back.
The system is used by the Royal Air Force and by a company that monitors 25% of UK roads.
“They use our car’s vision to detect potholes in the road“, he revealed himself. In fact, Elon Musk’s Tesla announced on Monday that its vehicles now also detect potholes, a feature that came much later than Sachiti’s. It used to run on diesel, but Sachiti redesigned it to use only solar power and move.
And while his team tests the vehicles on the road, Sachiti plans to breathe new life into the radar system, which was part of an early warning system meant to alert the British military if nuclear missiles were coming their way.
Known as the AMES Type 84 radar unit, it was in service from 1962 to 1994 and emitted microwaves to detect nukes. “My expensive hobby will be UFO hunting“, he said smiling. “If that’s what people want, who am I to judge?».
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