US Army Developing Armor Tailored For Females

cylonlover writes, quoting Gizmag: "Body armor is a blessing and a curse for soldiers. Modern tactical armor has saved thousands of lives from bullets and bombs, but it can also be a major problem if it doesn't fit properly. That's what the women who make up 14 percent of the U.S. Army face on a regular basis. Now, according to the Army News Service, the Army is preparing to test a new armor that is tailored to the female form to replace the standard men's armor that the women now use. Working on data collected in studies overseas and at stateside army bases, the Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier has identified several problem areas and has developed a new armor that will be tested in 2013."

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My novel idea

[MyLongNickName]

My novel idea is reducing injuries and fatalities through getting involved in fewer conflicts. It is a radical idea, but it just might work.

Re:My novel idea

[h4rr4r]

How will that make defense contractors rich?

Re:My novel idea

[Anonymous Coward]

While I agree in principle, that doesn't remove the need for this kind of advancement. Regardless of how peaceful and friendly you are, there's always a chance of someone, somewhere attacking you, at which point you probably want to have decent gear for your armed forces.

Re:My novel idea

[Anonymous Coward]

My novel idea is reducing injuries and fatalities through getting involved in fewer conflicts. It is a radical idea, but it just might work.

That's not something the Army has authority to do, though. Talk to the politicians if you want our military commitments to change.

Re:My novel idea

[N0Man74]

Sure, but can we compare and contrast these two things?

1) Having a reasonable standing army, in case it is needed.

2) Making military spending to be one of the biggest priorities of the country, showering military contractors with money in the hopes of being the most powerful military in the world, and allowing rich and powerful men who profit from war have too much influence on whether we enter conflicts.

Doesn't look effective...

[Uthic]

All my gaming experience has taught me that it should be skin-tight and leaves arms, legs and midriff bare.

Re:bewbs?

[DerekLyons]

Are the main differences really torso length, should width, and waist size?

They're a huge part of the difference, yes.
 

Or are the authors just being polite and not highlighting jugs as a factor?

Or maybe they're just being professionals rather than juveniles. (Really, four different slang terms in one post? Grow up.) Or, and I find this likely, given the wide variation in sizes and position of female breasts (and there's no real correlation with other body measurements) they're going for the same "one size fits mostly all" approach.

Sounds good

[Sycraft-fu]

We'll just disband the military entirely and stop all research. After all, if we don't want to get in to a conflict, it'll never happen right? No nation has EVER been attacked or invaded without starting shit.

Oh please. While I agree that the US need to stop trying to play world police and getting involved in shit all over, that doesn't mean that a military still isn't going to be needed. Not many countries can get away with having no military and the ones that can it is only because another nation or nations protects them.

This is quite a sensible thing for the military to spend money on. Some women wish to serve as soldiers, they should have body armour that works for them.

Re:"...has identified several problem areas and...

[Anonymous Coward]

Pull your head out of your ass and stop making assumptions. You think you're intelligent but all you spout is BS talking points someone else came up with.

1) The post said she was shot. It didn't say she shot back, so you don't know if she killed anyone.
2) Those so called "freedom fighters" were either A) ex-Iraqi Army soldiers who basically fled in the face of the US military and joined the militias, so the same idiots who worked for Saddam and oppressed other Iraqis, or B) people who joined militias that not only fought the US military but just as often attacked their fellow Iraqis for having the "wrong kind of Islam". You can argue the reasons for the US going into Iraq, but I live in the biggest Marine town in the US (San Diego) and have met numerous marines, and all of them in Iraq really did try to help the Iraqi people. Freedom fighters my ass, they only wanted the freedom to oppress those different from themselves. The only good guys in the whole Iraqi conflict was the average US soldier.

Re:"...has identified several problem areas and...

[CCarrot]

Actually, that sounds hilarious.
Even better that you americans are circumcised and would burn your dick even more.

Anyway, the guys name still hints at it being a not very personal space.
Also, she can probably hid it behind her massive tits.

Now stop being whiteknight.

Wow...assume much?

a) not american
b) not circumcised, mostly because I'm
c) not male.

So yes, I know what I'm talking about, more than some teenage boy who never leaves his mama's basement (okay, that's my assumption re: the character of the AC).

Right or wrong, western society's focus on the female appearance often makes scarring to the face or chest much more traumatic than it is for men. For men, it's considered macho to have scars, for women, it's considered disfiguring. I didn't say that was fair, it's just the double standard that is in place.

Oh, and assuming that his tag reflects reality also implies that yours does...so am I talking to a wall here? Maybe I should be using smaller words?