It's a bit like criticising your own family. It's OK for you to do it, but not someone else.
Artur Boruc has been in the bosom of Celtic's family for more than three years now. The Scottish champions' support has afforded him cult status, a matter they would do well to rethink. Want to have a pop...
Apologies for the quality of the above shot, but the guy who managed to take this probably was shot. People don’t get to see Kim, let alone see him fooling around. When he’s not in his army two-piece, the only other item of clothing you’ll find Kim in is this jacket. He...
All right Men’s Fashion Friday it is. The day when I get you the goddamned look of presidents and dictators for a whole lot less. We’ve had requests for women, but they don’t count because they aren’t men and this is Men’s Fashion Friday. Yeah men rule!...
Terrorism analysts say al Qaeda may have conducted their first operation in Gaza. This after a video was released today of the two Fox News journalists held hostage since August 14 along with an accompanying written statement issued by a previously unknown group calling itself the "Holy Jihad...
Police officer Dillon Stewart (pictured) was shot in the heart by a suspected police shooter in the early hours of Monday morning and died from his wounds a few hours later. Stewart and his partner Paul Lipka had stopped a car for a traffic violation (driving with dealer plates) in East Flatbush,...
A bulletproof vest manufacturer, which has a history of allegations of ineffectiveness and recalls, was dealt yet another blow last week when two of the company's former executives were indicted on securities fraud and insider trading charges. This after a class action lawsuit over similar...
Bulletproof vests are modern light armor specifically designed to protect the wearer's vital organs from injury caused by firearm projectiles. To many protective armor manufacturers and wearers, the term "bulletproof vest" is a misnomer. Because the wearer is not totally safe from the impact of a...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 - "What was that bulge in the back of President Bush's suit jacket at the presidential debate in Miami last week?
According to rumors racing across the Internet this week, the rectangular bulge visible between Mr. Bush's shoulder blades was a radio receiver, getting answers from...
The third phase of the initiative involved extensive medical testing to determine the performance level of body armor that would be necessary to save police officers' lives. It was clear to researchers that even when a bullet was stopped by the flexible fabric, the impact and resulting trauma from...
During the following 5 years, from 1971 to 1976, more than $3 million of NIJ funds were devoted to the development of body armor. The research and development program was a team effort involving several of the most innovative and technologically advanced private and government organizations in the...
The National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (NILECJ) -- predecessor of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) -- initiated a research program to investigate development of a lightweight body armor or bullet proof vest that on-duty police could wear full time.
The investigation...
At that time, the military explored the possibility of using soft body armor manufactured from silk. The project even attracted congressional attention after the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901. But while these bulletproof vests garments were shown to be effective against...
Lightweight body armor or bulletproof vests have been widely available for use by law enforcement personnel for more than 20 years. Humans throughout recorded history have used various types of materials as body armor to protect themselves from injury in combat and other dangerous situations....
The Army and Marine Corps bought hundreds of thousands of sets of body armor -- without the equipment being properly tested, according to a report by the Defense Department's inspector general.
"Nearly $3 billion worth of body armor did not go through early inspections known as 'first...
BROCKTON, MA - First Choice Armor, in conjunction with 5.11 Tactical, has crafted an exclusive ballistic vest in response to the increased demand for high-level protection in a low-profile design. The 5.11 Tactical Ballistic Vest, ideal for contractors working overseas, police officers and security...
The RPG-30 is a new twist on counter-counter-measures. Back in the 1980’s, a new type of armor was introduced to defeat shaped-charge warheads. Reactive armor consists of explosive tiles; when struck by a projectile, they detonate - disrupting the armor-piercing jet produced by a shaped...
Honeywell disputed the allegations.
"We believe there is no factual or legal basis for the Justice Department's case against Honeywell and we intend to vigorously defend against these claims," Honeywell said in an e-mailed statement. "We did not manufacture the fiber which was the cause for the...
A couple of years ago I interviewed Murray Neal, CEO of Pinnacle Armor , about the company's Dragon Skin flexible armor . He reeled off a list of Dragon Skin's advantages over the current Interceptor armor: its high protection level, robustness, ability to take multiple hits, wearability. So why...
The Napoleonic era saw ornate cavalry helmets reintroduced for cuirassiers and dragoons in some armies; they continued to be used by French forces during World War I as late as 1915, when they were replaced by the new French Adrian helmet. It was soon followed by the adoption of similar steel...
The Interceptor Body Armor (IBA) has significantly improved Soldier combat survivability, but in what ways does it change rifleman lethality? A July 2005 study quantified the effects of Soldier equipment on lethality through multi-factor logistic regression using data from range experiments with...
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