"Everyone will not be able to afford to upgrade (like most police departments in small town america), but the US military has deep pockets and will surely buy new vests if the opportunity arose"
yea and im the guy that ok's the purchase for the US gov...whatever..
sure not everyone will be able to afford to upgrade...on the other hand, no one, not even you, has even the slightest clue if a vest made of spider silk WILL be an upgrade...or will be enough of an upgrade to make a difference.....so the idea that the Us military will "surely" pay even more for spider silk vests is really not so sure at all...
"Two words for you LIGHTER and STRONGER"
lighter?..how much lighter?..an ounce..a pound?...you dont really know...and exactly how much difference will that make as far as combat effectiveness?...you dont know...but the reality is, not very much..
stronger?..strong enough to stop a 7.62 round?..the vests the military has already does that...i dont know that stronger is that big a deal...lighter would be..if it is significantly lighter...
other companies have come up with body armour for the military that was lighter than what they are currently using...this isnt new ground that the spider vests will be breaking...the military decided to stay with what they have..because after they tested the product they decided it wasnt good enough...of course the tests were completely bs...the vest were plenty good enough...its just that the company didnt bribe the right people..they didnt promise enough in kickbacks...they didnt make it worthwhile for the military to make the change...so of course the company's product failed the "test"....
and imo, the product was lighter, as strong if not stronger and cheaper than what the military was using...none of that mattered..
thats how the military does it...thats how they operate...you think just because the product might be a bit better that its a shoo in for use by the US military?..lol...no
and you should know that is the truth
