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Top 10 Most Ineffective Anti-Terror Devices
Nov 4th 2009 – 5:04PM
(Nov. 4) -- The United States and other countries have spent billions developing high-tech tools for battling terrorists around the globe. Some work, others fall flat. On Tuesday The New York Times reported on one case of highly questionable technology being used by the Iraqi military: an explosives-detecting "wand" that...
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- 04/06/12 Liquid Body Armor Is More Effective and Weighs Less Source: [technabob] I think anyone that has dropped a heavy object into water knows that liquid slows and softens the impact.
- 08/17/11 Army says improperly tested $2.5 billion body armor is... Source: CBS - WTVR 6 - Richmond VA Body armor worth $2.5 billion that the Department of Defense's Inspector General found had been improperly tested poses no hazard to troops, according to the Army. The Army cut corners and skipped tests altogether on seven body armor contracts, a DoD IG report released August 1 said.
- 01/15/11 Body armor again called to account Source: ArmyTimes.com A Defense Department Inspector General report said it could provide only "limited assurance" that Interceptor Body Armor vest components meet ballistic and quality requirements.
- 08/31/10 Virginia orders Point Blank body armor Source: United Press International (UPI) Virginia state officials awarded a subsidiary of Florida's Point Blank Solutions Inc. a contract to supply soft body armor to law enforcement personnel.
Background on body armor
Personal armor (or personal armour) is the whole of protecting clothing, designed to absorb and/or deflect slashing, bludgeoning, and penetrating attacks.
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