Jan. 10, 2006 — -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called the Bush administration "incompetent" when it came to protecting the troops in combat and called the lack of adequate body armor for soldiers ...

In this video, we examine the effectiveness of affordable body armor in comparison to real bullets, exploring how price may impact performance. We discuss the materials used in body armor and consider ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Andrea Porter is stripping back the layers of bulletproof material as she researches ways to make body armor safer and more comfortable for women’s bodies. The Texas ...

Tactical body armor is largely unregulated across the country. Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia testified on Capitol Hill this month that the recent ...

Throughout human history, many conflicts have resulted in battles and wars. Body armor has been of central importance in order to make combatants as safe as possible against a variety of weapons.

Women serving in the Ukrainian military will be provided with specially designed body armor for the first time, after Ukraine's Defense Ministry announced on Dec. 27 that it had certified a sample of ...

There are some products that are relatively easy to test because their function is, while essential, quite simple. Soft body armor, hard plates and ballistic shields are among the list of “easy to ...

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at providing next-generation body armor specifically ...

A gun-rights group is suing the state of New York in order to block the enforcement of its body armor ban. The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), a California-based non-profit organization, filed its ...

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