Electric Armor Tested For Light Armored Vehicles

joncrie writes "The Telegraph is reporting that British MoD scientists are now testing a new electric armor to protect light armored vehicles against RPGs. The new electric armour is made up of a highly-charged capacitor that is connected to two separate metal plates on the tank's exterior. When an RPG warhead fires its jet of molten copper, it penetrates both the outer plate and the insulation of the inner plate. This makes a connection and thousands of amps of electricity vaporises most of the molten copper. The rest of the copper is dispersed harmlessly against the vehicle's hull. The initial development was mentioned previously."

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My next /. Article Submission:

[johnthorensen]

Seeing as how submissions of old stories are getting front page attention now on Slashdot...

As reported by The San Fransico Chronicle: BRAVES WIN THE WORLD SERIES! Congrats to the Atlanta nine as they walked off the field triumphant.

-JT

Re:Using Iraq as an example..

[gad_zuki!]

>This will make some difference, but most terrorists will strike at the troops outside of their vehicles anyway.

Terrorists? Try insurgents. The terrorists we all so fear so much come from places like Saudi Arabia and Egypt, not Iraq. Its not just a semantic correction, by saying stuff like that you're buying into the BS Bush sold us like 'WMD in IRAQ!!!' and "ALQAEDA IN IRAQ!!!'