There's a substance called shear thickening fluid the Army is experimenting with -- this might be the same thing, or a close relative. Quote from an Army newsletter:
"Unofficially referred to by some as liquid body armor, STF is made of equal parts polyethylene glycol -- an inert, non-toxic thickening agent -- and miniscule glass particles.
"...When sudden, rapid, or forceful motion is applied, the liquid instantly hardens, preventing any movement.
"When STF is applied to regular Kevlar material, the fabric's texture doesn't change; it looks and feels the same as if it hadn't been treated. In a test with a swatch of four layers of untreated Kevlar -- the normal thickness of body armor -- an 'attacker' was able to stab a blade through the fabric. But when he used all the force he could muster to stab a section of fabric treated with STF, the fabric couldn't be penetrated.
"...Soldiers may start getting gear treated with it in about two years. (From Army News Service.)"
This article is somewhere between six months and a year old.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
"Unofficially referred to by some as liquid body armor, STF is made of equal parts polyethylene glycol -- an inert, non-toxic thickening agent -- and miniscule glass particles.
"...When sudden, rapid, or forceful motion is applied, the liquid instantly hardens, preventing any movement.
"When STF is applied to regular Kevlar material, the fabric's texture doesn't change; it looks and feels the same as if it hadn't been treated. In a test with a swatch of four layers of untreated Kevlar -- the normal thickness of body armor -- an 'attacker' was able to stab a blade through the fabric. But when he used all the force he could muster to stab a section of fabric treated with STF, the fabric couldn't be penetrated.
"...Soldiers may start getting gear treated with it in about two years. (From Army News Service.)"
This article is somewhere between six months and a year old.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.