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This foam stops bullets, cosmic rays, x rays and gamma rays.
foxnews ^ | February 23, 2017 | By Allison Barrie

Posted on 02/24/2017 1:35:52 PM PST by ckilmer

Foam body armor? Even armor-piercing bullets cannot get through this foam.

And the foam doesn’t just stop bullets. It destroys them…this foam decimates bullets into dust.

It also stops x-ray, gamma rays, cosmic rays--thereby protecting astronauts

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; bodyarmor; foam; foamarmor
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To: ckilmer
bullets cannot get through this foam.

It also stops x-ray, gamma rays, cosmic rays

And the foam doesn’t just stop bullets. It destroys them…this foam decimates bullets into dust.

Why?

There is no explanation in the article as to why this foam does these things.

It just doesn’t make any sense. It is not a microfoam or anything that looks hytech and difficult to make. In fact it looks pretty low tech

21 posted on 02/24/2017 2:07:43 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: ckilmer

Wow, pretty amazing if it pans out.

This will be great for our troops and law enforcement.


22 posted on 02/24/2017 2:08:56 PM PST by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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To: Larry Lucido

The movie really sucked and I was so disappointed. Seems like Hollywood just uses the titles of books then makes a movie that has nothing to do with the book...

A prime example: Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers......


23 posted on 02/24/2017 2:09:47 PM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: RegulatorCountry

“Decimates? That word does not mean what you think it means, Ms. Barrie.”

I fought that battle for decades but I think even the Oxford Dictionary now acknowledges it to mean destroyed or reduced significantly and you and I and other word Nazis are left screaming that it means one out of ten. sigh. I sometimes wonder why I am so well educated.


24 posted on 02/24/2017 2:12:52 PM PST by Mercat (Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when they do it out of conscience.” (Blaise Pascal))
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To: odawg

If this material were really worth anything they’d be keeping their mouths shut. Breathless press releases mean scientists are looking for more funding when they don’t deserve it.


25 posted on 02/24/2017 2:14:13 PM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: DBrow

That’s pretty damn interesting. One should learn something new every day. That bit of info will take me through the weekend :-)


26 posted on 02/24/2017 2:21:05 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain (The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
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To: ckilmer

Great post, good tech, though I heard about this 10 years ago.

The anchor asking questiosn should have been the female, the ARMOR specialist should have been the DUDE.

Why is it that the MORE masculine the subject matter (football, for example) the more broadcast executives feel that subject MUST be covered by a FEMALE...?

It’s ridiculous.

Segment on yarn and SEWING:

Should the field expert be a DUDE..? No.

Segment on childbirthing —dude? No.

Segment on crushing beer cans against forehead: A chick? NO.

IT IS FREAKING EASY.


27 posted on 02/24/2017 2:24:29 PM PST by gaijin
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To: ckilmer
gamma rays eh?


28 posted on 02/24/2017 2:24:55 PM PST by xp38
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To: ckilmer

I’m fascinated. Gamma rays can be stopped with several inches of lead, concrete or steel. Wouldn’t it be easier to bulk up the ship rather than try to encase the astronaut?

red


29 posted on 02/24/2017 2:25:09 PM PST by Redwood71
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To: gaijin

They both sounded like complete buffoons with the stumbling Val-Speak.


30 posted on 02/24/2017 2:25:40 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Red Badger

When it comes to Starship Troopers, no, I don’t want know more.


31 posted on 02/24/2017 2:26:05 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: ckilmer
New Army uniform:


32 posted on 02/24/2017 2:28:54 PM PST by Petrosius
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To: wally_bert

Well, the movie had very little to do with the book. The book had no bugs shooting plasma streams out their butts...................


33 posted on 02/24/2017 2:29:38 PM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: Petrosius

Maybe Marco Rubio was onto something.


34 posted on 02/24/2017 2:30:18 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: thesharkboy
stop neutrinos?

As I understand it, nothing stops neutrinos.

35 posted on 02/24/2017 2:31:20 PM PST by Ace's Dad (BTW, "Ace" is now Captain Ace. But only when I'm bragging!)
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To: Candor7

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All that kinetic energy has to go somewhere.


36 posted on 02/24/2017 2:36:12 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: ckilmer
Darn, I'll have to eventually put these away.


37 posted on 02/24/2017 2:45:39 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: ckilmer

Well, that’s not good .....!!!!

You need that bullet to match it to a weapon.


38 posted on 02/24/2017 2:57:29 PM PST by CyberAnt (Peace Through Strength)
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To: ckilmer

Cool beans and at my school, too.


39 posted on 02/24/2017 3:02:54 PM PST by CincyRichieRich (Drain the swamp. Build the wall. Open the Pizzagate. I refuse to inhabit any safe space.)
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To: RegulatorCountry; ckilmer

Then there is meaning derived from popular use. That will eventually replace the top slot in the ol’ dictionary.


40 posted on 02/24/2017 3:05:25 PM PST by GingisK
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