http://www.nanotech-...?story_id=26419
Notable points:
-The Nano Armor products will be made of tungsten disulfide (WS2) nanoparticles and enable it to produce over 50% lighter weight armor products.
-The unique nanotubes of ApNano Materials are up to 4-5 times stronger than steel and about 6 times stronger than Kevlar.
Not sure how reliable the source is, but it sure is interesting.
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NanoArmor 6 times stronger than Kevlar
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Liquidus
, Nov 18 2007 10:58 PM
5 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 18 November 2007 - 10:58 PM
#2
Posted 19 November 2007 - 12:43 AM
#3
Posted 19 November 2007 - 03:37 AM
The government will come up with some reason why the soldiers are better off with cheaper armor.
#4
Posted 19 November 2007 - 08:02 PM
The government will come up with some reason why the soldiers are better off with cheaper armor.
I think by the time these new technologies are readily available, we'll see a shift from public defense being prominent, to private defense being more viable. I'm not really certain about this, but according to the sociology class I took last semester, at least in Canada, private defense contractors outnumber public policing by at least a ratio of 3:1 at present day.
I think as the corporate world continues to strengthen itself relative to government, there will be a need for private contractors for whatever reason, and I can see no reason why corporately funded private defense contractors could not afford/want this kind of technology without the regulations or short-cuts taken by public defense funding. In the near future, people will pay for private defense instead of relying on shoddy public defense that's overly saturated with useless red-tape.
Apologies if I'm not making total sense, I've been formatting web code here at work for the last 4 hours and my brain is a bit scrambled.
Edited by G Snake, 19 November 2007 - 09:44 PM.
#5
Posted 20 November 2007 - 12:06 AM
Do you mean mercenaries? I couldn't imagine mercenaries taking over the security of a country. There is something to be said about the government taking responsibility for armed conflicts. It's easier to hold a government accountable then it is to hold a private company. All a company has to do to abandon responsibility is change its name.
#6
Posted 20 November 2007 - 09:17 AM
Plus it truly does take more than money to make a person willing to die
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