New Body Armor

An Israeli company developed a new kind of body armor using nanotechnology that is the strongest to date. Currently it is twice as strong as the best armor, and they hope to have it available within the next few years.

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Cool stuff. I wonder how effective it is against impacts other than those caused by bullets. For instance if someone were to punch me with this stuff on, would it hurt? Also, I wonder how long it will take someone to develope nano-bullets that are able to defeat these mechanisms.

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[edit on 12-16-2005 by Springer]

Just a question.....250 tons per square centimeter amounts to being hit by what? An M-4? A 30-06? 50 cal?

This is a awesome breakthrough.

Countries have been working on "NanoArmours" for years, but most of these program's exact details are not made public. The Carbon nanotube armour is estimated to be 50-100 times stronger then steel.

Its going to take more then just putting some nanomaterial in a bullet tip to defeat these armours. Your going to have increase the charge behind the bullet as well just making a harder bullet is not going to be enough.

Nano-aluminum oxide would make a good force multiplier in shells as would a Tungsten Bullet due to it's density and relative non-toxcity.

I still believe 4mm ceramic caseless ammo for use in a gauss rifle are the future though

So being that there is nano armor, this would be billions of little machines right ? so wouldng you be able to disable the system if you apply a high enough current ? kinda like shorting out the armor ? guess some one is working on an electro magnetic pulse...

Read the article, they use fullerine like molecules to achieve the strength.


No nanobots involved just better constructed materials.

I'm waiting to see a picture of these armored suits. Next, I'll be waiting to get My own.

Unless you're in the military or are a police officer good luck buying one =)

A) You know the American military already has this...

B) You will be able to get these on ebay soon enough

As for B) Yeah my thoughts exactly. Once something becomes standard issue it becomes available on the grey and black markets. I'm sure that the US soldiers won't be getting the best, you know to cut down on costs and such. Private "Contractors" will be able to afford the best due to their salaries and connections with his Employer.

As for A) I don't see how so, it's a brand new technology which is still subject to trials and such. Maybe the Private "Contractors" in Iraq have some types of new bodyarmors, but not this stuff yet.

[edit on 18-12-2005 by sardion2000]

I will be a Police Officer, sometime after the Fall of next year. If I didn't get it that way, I've got other ways. =)

Sounds to me like this armour is going to be amazing, but what if it fell into the wrong hands? I think there going to need to make something that can penetrate it just in case.

So what do they do when those bullets get into the wrong hands

This stuff looks pretty dam good, but i cant help wondering when the point comes that no matter how good the armour is the size and velocity of the bullets just cause massive internal damage without penetrating

OMG, what if they built an extra bullet-proof add-on, to make up for those bullets that got into the wrong hands, & it got into the wrong hands????

Sorry, couldn't resist. I wish I could find the Popular Mechanics, or Popular Science mag I had, with the new body armor a retired Police Officer/Retired Army Special Forces Sergeant was building, from like 7 years ago.

For instance if someone were to punch me with this stuff on, would it hurt?

A good level 3 type would help take the punch out of good hit! We have 3a
type armor on duty and it works great! If We know there might be gunplay We have a level 4 armor in the back We put on over the other.
But You all seem to forget that Your head is still out in the open!
My 22cal. can do you in at a 100 feet
I hope that they do make a good full body type that one can move around in. I do know that some things are coming out that will blow your minds in the next 2 years though!

Great idea, its quite obvious though. You build another set of super duper bullets, and make sure they don't get into thw wrong hands