Posted on 11/18/2009 4:57:16 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
To put the X-Flex bombproof wallpaper to the test, we substituted a wrecking ball for an explosion. With no wallpaper, test walls crumbled on the first hit. With X-Flex on the backside, we literally could not bring the walls down. The material stretched to contain brick fragments trying to blast into the room and bounced right back. —Theodore Gray
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They need this for every military facility here and in Iraq/Pakistan/Afghanistan.
I mean even a home in a warzone is a home. :)
An explosion or RPG round is far different from a low velocity wrecking ball.
BTW, I dropped my subscription of PS because of their unquestioning support for man made globull warming. I told them they should change their name to Politically Correct Science.
I have seen Line-X videos where it was applied to walls and was also effective in blast protection.
>I told them they should change their name to Politically Correct Science.
Why when political correctness is so popular?
kewl. can they make a suit out of it?
Looks like a great lining for boats, (between the hull and the interior lining.)
bfl
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