quote:"You would think this would require huge amounts of energy, but we have found it can be done with surprisingly small amounts of electrical power.
"Conventional armour is just a lump of metal but an RPG round can punch through more than a foot of steel. Carrying around enough armour to protect against that is extremely heavy.
"The real advantage to the electric armour is how light it can be by comparison."
Ah...but can it stop this deluge of Kate Middleton media updates??!!
I think not.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Man, the British always seem to be on top of their stuff when it comes to armor research.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
Figures, I thought the polarised hull plating in Enterprise sounded lame ... and they go ahead and do it in real life. Oh well.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Forgot to mention the cloaking device Posted by Stone_Wolf_ (Member # 8299) on :
quote:* Raider: a remotely or autonomously controlled unmanned recce and skirmishing platform – similar in design to the "Batmobile"