Thursday, May 17, 2007

The Body Armor Debate

This one's been bubbling under the surface for some time now, but it looks like it's set to rise rapidly to the top, thanks to an upcoming television news report.  Here's the background and (probably) more detail than you need!


Body Armor about to Hit the Fan - Part I



The issue of open testing of body-armor alternatives is one about which I have been writing for nearly a year-and-a-half. During that time, 1,308 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Pentagon has only dug its heels in harder to prevent alternatives to the regulation-issue Interceptor body-armor system from being fully evaluated. Why is this? What is the Pentagon hiding? Well, stay tuned - literally: [...]


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