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Search results for "Interceptor" ...
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Best Defense? The secret Battle Over Body Armor
NBC investigated mixed claims on the body armor called Dragon Skin. The Army officially banned the armor but high level soldiers were still wearing it, not Interceptor body armor. Conducting a side by side test between the two, NBC revealed that Dragon Skin was significantly better.
Tags: body armor; army; military; Iraq; CIA; Dragon Skin; Interceptor; Afghanistan; testing; product testing
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Shield Dreams
Discover looks at "the science and technology required to build an antiballistic system that would make the United States invulnerable to a missile attack." The story examines two projected, but far from development options for missile-defense systems: "ship-launched interceptor missiles and an exotic airborne laser." Discover reports on President Bush's intention to deploy a system that "could provide limited, but effective, defenses," and points to physicists' and defense experts' opinions that this plan is deeply flawed.
Tags: Pentagon; North American Aerospace Defense; Iran; Iraq; Russia; nuclear weapons; military; nuclear technology; tracking systems; intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)