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   From: none@none.com   
      
   On 21 Oct 2005 22:58:42 -0400, wdstarr@panix.com (William December   
   Starr) wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   >Ubiquitous  quoted:   
   >   
   >> "A new type of transparent armor made of aluminum could one day   
   >> replace glass in military vehicles. . . . 'The substance itself is   
   >> light-years ahead of glass,' said 1st Lt. Joseph La Monica, who   
   >> heads the research."--LiveScience, Oct. 18, 2005   
   >   
   >There's an article at .   
      
      
   I find the exerpt very hard to believe.  A .50 calibre Browning can   
   knock out a tank.   
      
   Sniper shots   
      
   During tests conducted at the University of Dayton Research Institute,   
   also in Ohio, the material withstood armour-piercing rounds fired from   
   a .30 calibre Russian M-44 sniper rifle and a .50 calibre Browning   
   sniper rifle.   
      
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