Israeli Company Creates Nano-Armor 416
Izeickl writes "According to IsraCast, an Israeli company has created materials made of inorganic fullerene-like nanostructures (IFs) which have amazing shock absorbing properties. During preliminary tests, these materials, which are five times stronger than steel, have successfully resisted to steel projectiles generating pressures as high as 250 tons per square centimeter. These materials could be incorporated in "nanoarmors" able to protect soldiers or police forces within three years."
Getting your point across. (Score:3, Interesting)
How about teflon-coated bullets? Or armor-piercing shells?
Just me? (Score:2, Interesting)
Sometimes seems (Score:0, Interesting)
I wonder if there will ever come a time when a country will be able to kill, maim, and impose its will on other countries with zero casualities to itself. What would be the incentive for such a country to push for peace?
Re:Getting your point across. (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Getting your point across. (Score:4, Interesting)
Call me a skeptic... (Score:4, Interesting)
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In The Cross Hairs (Score:2, Interesting)
I mean IF a helmet was made... would the user suffer a concussion? Or just feel nothing...?
Re:I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:Just me? (Score:2, Interesting)
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I don't much care if it goes to the police or the military, so long as they're still seperate. But have you seen the medieval armour illustration that goes with this? If the material is as light as they say, and as strong as they say, then what's the most logical styling for this stuff? I can see a renaissance in medieval style armours.
Of course, escalation means people quickly resort to gas / spray / sonic / blinding weapons. But personally, as soon as the Chinese start knocking off cheap versions of this (it sounds like most of the cost of this stuff will be patent monopoly), I'm going to look so good in my impact-resistant plate-mail.