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  • Armor could form 'force field'

    03/21/2010 9:51:50 PM PDT · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 10 replies · 546+ views
    Space War ^ | 3/20/2010 | UPI via Space War
    of electrical energy to repel projectiles away from an armored vehicle, British scientists say. Researchers at the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory, better know as "Dstl" and located at four sites in England, say it is possible to corporate material known as supercapacitors into armor that would turn a vehicle into a kind of giant battery, The Daily Telegraph reported. Dstl is the research and development arm of the Ministry of Defense. The report said when a threat from an incoming projective is detected, the energy in the supercapacitor can be rapidly pushed into the metal plating on the outside...