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Army developing Liquid Body Armor

Posted under Uncategorized, on Monday, November 22nd, 2004;

Via Military.com, bringing Science Fiction to Life !?

Sounding like something right of Larry Niven’s RingWorld novels, The U.S. Army Research Laboratory is developing Liquid armor for Kevlar vests.

Once a bullet or frag hits the shear thickening fluid, composed of hard particles suspended in a liquid, transitions to a rigid material.

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