SPECIAL REPORT: ADVANCES IN BULLET RESISTANT GLASS AND PERISCOPES FOR MILITARY VEHICLES
FRAMED BULLET RESISTANT GLASS
and developed to increase the durability and stopping power of glass. It is an arms race between the powers of threat and protection. The enemy of the future will be better armed with more powerful ammunition; they will present an array of threats, many of which will be hard to predict. Although innovation requires financial investment, the overriding
priority of the military must be the safety of the people it puts into harm’s way. Staying still carries with it a cost as we’ll see in the next article. Older technologies are more fragile, will require extensive maintenance and replacement. Because of this, as well as the rise of more powerful weapons, forces must embrace the latest protective equipment.
Demand is growing from both the military and civilian market which is sparking a surge in development. New composites, nano materials and acrylics are being researched and developed to increase the durability and stopping power of glass
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