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Military: New Aluminum Windows Stop .50-Caliber Bullet
LiveScience.com ^
| October 18th, 2005
Posted on 10/19/2005 8:34:32 PM PDT by Termite_Commander
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To: Termite_Commander
Transparent aluminum, just like Star Trek... IV was it?
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posted on
10/19/2005 8:37:48 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
To: Termite_Commander
Hopefully this stuff doesn't burn like std. aluminum alloy.
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posted on
10/19/2005 8:38:19 PM PDT
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D Rider
To: DTogo
Captain, there be whales here. - Scotty.
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posted on
10/19/2005 8:38:59 PM PDT
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KingKongCobra
(The "Donner Party" can just go eat themselves)
To: Termite_Commander
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posted on
10/19/2005 8:39:29 PM PDT
by
nralife
To: Termite_Commander
They can have personal one man human movers and be boxed in as you pass through a dangerous areas.
To: Termite_Commander
"Hello computer"
To: Termite_Commander
Transparent aluminum??? Didn't Scotty talk about that on Star Trek iv The Voyage Home?
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posted on
10/19/2005 8:43:19 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: Termite_Commander
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posted on
10/19/2005 8:43:35 PM PDT
by
Brian Mosely
(A government is a body of people -- usually notably ungoverned)
To: pbrown
I can see there are alot of Star Trek fans on this thread. :-)
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posted on
10/19/2005 8:44:56 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: Termite_Commander
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posted on
10/19/2005 8:45:48 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(MKC USCG-ret)
To: KingKongCobra
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posted on
10/19/2005 8:46:28 PM PDT
by
Waywardson
(Carry on! Nothing equals the splendor!)
To: D Rider
Hopefully this stuff doesn't burn like std. aluminum alloy. It is already fully oxidized, so in a sense it has already been burned to the extent possible.
The US has been using transparent aluminum ceramics in very advanced weapon components for quite some time and our ability to fabricate it and work it has given us quite an advantage as this material has capabilities far outside the realm of any plausible substitute. It is nice to see that fabrication has become cheap enough for bulk product that they can use it in armor.
One of the other advantages this stuff has, beside being extremely tough and virtually impervious to all types of environmental damage, is that is transparent across a broad range of infrared as well visible light. One of the classical uses of it has been to protect the sensitive IR optical components of weapons operating under extreme environmental conditions -- think hypersonic terminal guidance where air friction alone is enough to ablate and melt most conventional materials.
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posted on
10/19/2005 8:47:41 PM PDT
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tortoise
(All these moments lost in time, like tears in the rain.)
To: Termite_Commander
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posted on
10/19/2005 8:48:46 PM PDT
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Just Lori
(Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.)
To: Termite_Commander
"The substance itself is light-years ahead of glass," said 1st Lt. Joseph La Monica, who heads the research. Should a man who uses the term 'light-year' to describe a unit of time be in charge of research?
To: Termite_Commander
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posted on
10/19/2005 8:51:15 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(The modern Democrat Party - a toxic stew of mental illness, cultism, and organized crime.)
To: Waywardson
How do we know he didn't invent the bloody thing? - scotty
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posted on
10/19/2005 8:51:50 PM PDT
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KingKongCobra
(The "Donner Party" can just go eat themselves)
To: opinionator
light-years - LOL, good one.
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posted on
10/19/2005 8:53:37 PM PDT
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KingKongCobra
(The "Donner Party" can just go eat themselves)
To: Spanaway Lori
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posted on
10/19/2005 9:00:20 PM PDT
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processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: Spanaway Lori
Try a google on the 2002 headline "Raytheon And Surmet To Develop & Market New Aluminum Oxynitride Products".
Not sure how many others, or if the two above are making the kind used in the article at the top of the thread...still, the title is suggestive.
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posted on
10/19/2005 9:01:06 PM PDT
by
ReveBM
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