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To: Straight Vermonter

Light weight bullet proof vest?


15 posted on 10/12/2013 1:02:16 PM PDT by Paperpusher
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To: Kent1957
Light weight bullet proof vest?

I'm always amazed at how people with different perspectives look at a new technology. That never occurred to me.

16 posted on 10/12/2013 1:06:27 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Kent1957
The vest was my first thought. But also the opposite -- some science fiction discusses a weapon created through a mono-molecular sword. It's basically a strong, impossibly thin weapon which simply slices through anything at all.

As a sheet, this stuff could stop any bullet.
As a string, it could cut a steel girder (perhaps).

19 posted on 10/12/2013 1:08:22 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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To: Kent1957
Light weight bullet proof vest?

It might prevent the bullet pentetratation, but it's not going to do anything to dissipate kinetic energy.

21 posted on 10/12/2013 1:15:03 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Kent1957

Carbyne coated aluminum gun barrels?


22 posted on 10/12/2013 1:17:48 PM PDT by 353FMG ( I don't say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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