Homeland Security's worst nightmare.

[Monk]

Oh, and obviously the only way to solve the problem is to command us to walk nude through the airport. The removing of shoes, that was just the first thing, y'know.

We should get rid of the liberal approach to liquids too. What on earth were we thinking allowing people to bring (gasp) 100 ml of water on board?

[Victor Galis]

Originally posted by Winston
Issue hammers to all airline crew members. Problem solved.

Or chainmail.

, would you put an enigne in a car of which you are not sure that it can withstand 20 years of abuse of the average John Doe ?

Of course, how else are you going to keep selling him new stuff every few years.

[Victor Galis]

Originally posted by Oerdin


Supposedly the new generation of ceramics are much stronger. It seems materials science is advancing rapidly.

Yeah, the guys doing rsearch at Georgia Tech on this stuff were talking about making tank armor out of ceramics. I suspect that's a ways off though.

[Patroklos]

Yeah, the guys doing rsearch at Georgia Tech on this stuff were talking about making tank armor out of ceramics. I suspect that's a ways off though.

The current trama plates in modern military body armor are ceramic. They can stop very heavy/fast rounds, but only one as they shatter.

Tank armor uses ceramics now IIRC, but it is a layer in a deeper armor system.

[Kirnwaffen]

The new plates do better than one round. They're still ceramic, but I think they added a metal backing of some kind now.