'Dragon Skin Body Armor Issue' - Round 3

Coming just after all the controversy regarding 'Dragon Skin' Body Armor forthe military, the Department of Justice is dropping Dragon Armor from their listof "acceptable protective equipment for law enforcement agents". Apparentlyit isn't being dropped for performance, but rather for paperwork reasonsaccording to Pinnacle Armor Inc. (the manufacturer of Dragon Skin)

'Justice Department Drops Dragon Skin' WASHINGTON — Department of Justice researchers have dropped Dragon Skinbody armor from their list of acceptable protective equipment for lawenforcement, the latest setback for the controversial bulletproof vests.

But officials from Pinnacle Armor Inc., which makes the vests, say the moveis a hasty reaction to paperwork confusion about the warranty length of thevests and believe it may have ties to the ongoing fight between the company andArmy researchers over Dragon Skin's effectiveness.

"This armor doesn't fail any (Justice Department) ballistics tests, butthey took it off the list anyway," Pinnacle CEO Murray Neal said."It's something that never should have happened. We just need to getthrough this issue and get this armor back on these cops." ReadOn...

 

It makes you wonder if this is a lead for the military to remove itoff of their listas well after the testing they are performing. 'TheBody Armor Issue' - Round 2 (with Videos) contains all the current links and informationto bring this issue up to speed to this recent issue (post)

Army officials testified that Dragon Skin has failed numerous tests over theyears, saying the ceramic plates fall apart after exposure to extreme heat andcold. All four services have banned use of the armor for general combat use.

According to the Justice Department, Pinnacle has not supplied enoughevidence to support "that the body armor model will maintain its ballisticperformance over its six-year declared warranty period," prompting itsexclusion from the approved vests list.

It seems to me that if the Dragon Skin is the best armor, wouldn't shelf lifecome second to protection of the soldiers and law enforcement  agents?Renegotiate the warranty, or replace the ceramic plates as needed.

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