Now here is a frightening notion. We are now making practical technology that can make paper that is stronger than steel. This paper is called buckypaper and is a revolutionary technology that now seems like an item of the future. When it is compounded it can make a sheet that is 500 times stronger than steel and ten times lighter.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/10/17/buckypaper.invention.ap/index.html
In the end, it mentions that the military is researching this technology. Now what better to take all the fun out of war than a soldier wearing this stuff? But in all seriousness, consider this my argument. It is a fact that every major technological advance in weaponry has caused an increase in technology for armor. But with this switch, we can only imagine the weapon that would be needed to penetrate armor like this.
3 comments:
You've got a point there. As long as there are weapons... there will be armor to match. And vice versa.
Also...
Rock/buckypaper/scissors would be a little... confusing.
And I'd hate to think about potential buckypaper cuts. *shudders*
If it's paper, I wonder if it can burn easily. One would hope not, if soldiers are the potential wearers! This post brings up the question of the actual label "paper." I mean, when I think of paper, I think "pliable," "rip-able," "flamable," decompos-able" (I'm making up words here, but you get the gist.) So should the name "paper" be changed if the thing itself has lost most of paper's identifiable characteristics ? Hmmm.
I understand what you're getting at with this one but I figure thats just the cat and mouse game of warfare that never ends. But generally the armour end of the equation comes after the weapon. Only after Genghis Khan and the Mongols started using the bow and arrow did his adversaries carry body sheilds. Any no one used iron hand sheilds until the greeks used iron swords. Bullet proof vests definitely came after bullets so then someone came up with armour piercing rounds which led to dragon skin (it stops those rounds). Anyway my point is this probably was experimented with in order to protect our soldiers from something that already giving them trouble. And it sounds like if we can figure it out and get it into production it'll do our boys alot of good. Interesting find on the article
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