Subj : Re: Transparent Aluminum is here!
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.tos,alt.startrek
From : Marcovaldo
Date : Tue Oct 18 2005 23:11:34

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

"ANIM8Rfsk" <ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net> wrote in message 
news:BF7AA206.57E3A%ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net...

>
> In a June 2004demonstration, an ALONtm test pieces held up to both a .30
> caliber Russian M-44 sniper rifle and a .50 caliber Browning Sniper Rifle
> with armor piercing bullets. While the bullets pierced the glass samples,
> the armor withstood the impact with no penetration.
>
> In extensive testing, ALONtm has performed well against multiple hits of 
> .30
> caliber armor piercing rounds -- typical of anti-aircraft fire

Yeah, but if you throw a rock at it, it shatters into pieces.

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