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Dragon Skin Body Armor

Dragon Skin Body Armor

Dragon Skin is a type of armor made up of small, overlapping ceramic disks contained within a vest. The manufacturer, Pinnacle Armor, claims it provides better protection than most armors available.

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About Dragon Skin Body Armor

Dragon Skin is a type of ballistic vest made by Pinnacle Armor. It consists of two-inch-wide circular discs overlapping like scales, creating a flexible vest that allows a good range of motion and can allegedly absorb a high number of hits compared with other military body armor. The discs are composed of silicon carbide ceramics, much like the larger ceramic plates in other types of bullet resistant vests.

Dragon Skin has been worn by some civilian contractors in Iraq, some special operations forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, some SWAT teams, bodyguards and U.S. Secret Service personnel. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has also purchased Dragon Skin for their elite operatives in Iraq, after it passed the agency's own testing.

The US Military has not been as receptive to Dragon Armor after several tests they conducted seemed to indicate the armor was not as effective as claimed by Pinnacle. After initially using it, the US Army banned the use of it by its personnel due to many families of soldiers sending it to their loved ones in theater.

On August 3, 2007 the Department of Justice announced that the NIJ had reviewed evidence provided by the body armor manufacturer and has determined that the evidence is insufficient to demonstrate that the body armor model will maintain its ballistic performance over its six-year declared warranty period.

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