Dragonskin Body Armor

[RuggedH2]

The jury is still out on it's performance.


http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003504.html

The Army and Marines have stated that it is not allowed as a replacement for the issued body armor. They have said you could wear it in addition to the issued body armor, but that isn't realistic.

[bparker]

It was just on Dateline tonight and they showed that all the critics are politcally motivated as Dragonskin out performed all others on the show.

[Mr_Pat]

Originally Posted by bparker

It was just on Dateline tonight and they showed that all the critics are politcally motivated as Dragonskin out performed all others on the show.

What a Govt contract that politcally motivated???? I dont belive it

[RuggedH2]

Dragonskin might work, I hope it does.

In order to meet the criteria it has to work in rain, cold, heat and sun, and resist a variety of chemicals, over a period of years.

They already know ceramic plates work, they are heavy and hot, but they have been proven to stop rifle velocity projectiles.

Hopefully Dragonskin or something similar is the future, but only if it is proven to work.

[h2co-pilot]

The U.S. Army will defer spending and slow repair work on any equipment not needed for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan due to Congress' failure to approve $100 billion in extra war funding, the largest branch of the armed forces said on Monday.

The Bush administration requested $100 billion in additional war funding but Congress has tied those funds to a deadline for withdrawing troops from Iraq.

Reuters: Democrat Delays Already Harming Troops

Bush shoved back hard, indicating no wiggle room on his postion for a bill that would fund American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan without a timetable for withdrawal

Democratic leaders in Congress are bent on using a bill that funds our troops to make a political statement about the war

"Instead of approving that vital funding, the Democratic leadership in Congress has spent the last 64 days pushing legislation that would undercut our troops just as we are beginning to make progress in Baghdad,?

Additional orders cannot be placed until the disagreement over the war spending legislation is settled. That bill would give the Army ($1.2 billion), the Marines ($1.25 billion), the Navy ($154 million), the Air Force ($139 million) and special operations forces ($259 million) money to buy their own versions of the carriers, according to Bill Johnson-Miles, spokesman for the Marine Corps Systems Command. (Source: Army Times April 24, 2007)

?We can build what we can get the funds to build. It?s strictly an issue of money,? Gen. Peter Schoomaker, former Army chief of staff, told a Senate committee last month.

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[RuggedH2]

Many have already seen this, but the ceramic plates worked. He was shot with a Russian sniper rifle.

He survived and the towel heads were caught by members of the soldiers own platoon.

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2675852

[DRTYFN]

Dateline is doing a piece on Dragon Skin tonight.

[DRTYFN]

Originally Posted by bparker

It was just on Dateline tonight and they showed that all the critics are politcally motivated as Dragonskin out performed all others on the show.

Like I said, it's all about the payola. Both sides of the aisle are guilty of it.

[Scouts Out]

PLease, the Army had a chance to buy a Anti-RPG system that shoots the RPG out of the air before it impact the vehicle. It is a tested and proven Isreali system but the Army decided to let a big contractor develope their own which will be ready in 8 years.... long time for those over seas to wait for help.