Tech Talk

August 2005

Also Providing Ballistic Protection….

edited by Robert H. Williams

Another contender, this one, by Ballistic Research Inc. of Rome, Ga., is a composite polymer with a high strength-to-weight ratio that becomes stronger as rounds are fired into it. Called the Advanced Anti-Ballistic Compound, or AABC, the substance can stop .50 caliber machine gun rounds and shrapnel from explosives.

The polymer compound may be molded for a variety of missions. It also can be formed into cubes to “form extremely strong structures that may be built to any desired size,” according to a company statement.

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