On Mar 30, 7:19 pm, "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote:
> "Bill C" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:0ed25806-fd15-4e32-9f6a-fb9d833820c5@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 30, 3:41 pm, "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote:
>
> > Tom go read through what's happening, over at SFTT and talk to me
> > then. I'm only going on 25 years experience, and direct contact with
> > the military.
>
> Bill, you know damn well that I respect you and your work but when you start
> off on these flights of fancy concerning body armor and added armor on armor
> cars and the like I have to wonder if you've ever lived in the real world or
> actually believe that the military should stop everything they're doing
> every time something considered by someone as an improvement in military
> arms hits the market.
I've been avoiding this, but here goes:
These are current headlines and stories from SFTT.org
03-21-2008 - Roger Charles
More details: latest test of Interceptor Body Armor
More details: latest test of Interceptor Body Armor --3 Out of 6
Shots Penetrated Both Front and Back ISAPI Plates (Level III+)
An Interceptor Body Armor (IBA) with an Improved Small Arms Protective
Insert (ISAPI) plates failed, and failed miserably, on March 13 when
the second, third, fourth, fifth and six rounds of .308 caliber hollow
point fully penetrated the front protective plate.
Full Story Here
03-13-2008 - Roger Charles
Body Armor Issued to Front Line Troops Obliterated
in New Side by Side Tests of Dragon Skin
03-8-2008 - SFTT STAFF
Commandant of the Marine Corps Criticizes
New Marine Corps Body Armor -- Halts Contract
Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway wants to know who authorized the
costly purchase of the new Modular Tactical Vest (MTV), and has
ordered Marine procurement officers to halt the rest of an unfilled
order
BREAKING--PEO-Soldier Test Director, Karl Masters, Under Investigation
MORE LATE BREAKING NEWS-- Karl Masters, a key participant in the
Army's testing and claim that Dragon Skin Armor failed in May of 2006,
admits to a Fresno TV Reporter he is under investigation. Army PAO
Admits To Being Clueless About Investigation. When notified by Fresno
TV KSee 24 that Masters admitted to being under investigation, the
Army PAO tried to contact Masters without success. The following video
is related to the previous story of the attempt to auction the vests
on Ebay. This is the same group of vests that PEO-Soldier claimed had
failed "catastrophically" in a 55 minute rebuttal to NBC news in June
of 2007. It's not certain if the vests for sale on eBay had actually
been tested.
See the the Full Story here.
LATE BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!
LATE BREAKING NEWS-- Multiple federal law enforcement agencies, to
include Department of Homeland Security, are interviewing source of
eBay posting for probable illegal sale of restricted/sensitive defense
technology and possible illegal sale of government property (Dragon
Skin body armor). Source is cooperating and "naming names" as
investigation heats up -- who gave source Dragon Skin vests, and where
did PEO-Soldier's custody of critical evidence in criminal
investigation break down?
MORE PROBLEMS FOR PEO-SOLDIER:
-- Dept. of Justice (DOJ) Interceptor Body Armor (IBA) Task Force
confirmed.
-- Army CID joins the body armor scandal (as a potential suspect, not
as an investigating agency)
-- Compromise of restricted/sensitive defense technology and possible
illegal sale of government property (Dragon Skin body armor)
These are just from SFTT. Go to the front page and start there.
Did you read the stuff on KBR and the water?
I wish I was making the **** up.
Bill C