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Dragon Skin is a type of ballistic vest formerly made by the now defunct company, Pinnacle Armor. It was invented and developed by American Murray Neal and is currently produced in Missoula, Montana by North American Development Group LLC available for public, law-enforcement and military customers. Its characteristic two-inch-wide circular discs overlap like scale armor, creating a flexible vest that allows a good range of motion and is intended to absorb a high number of hits compared with other military body armor. The discs are composed of silicon carbide ceramic matrices and laminates, much like the larger ceramic plates in other types of bullet resistant vests. The armor is currently available in one basic protection level: Dragon Skin Extreme (formerly SOV-2000), which has previously had certification to Level III protection;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.defensereview.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=925 )〕 Dragon Skin has been worn by some civilian contractors in Iraq, some special operations forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, some SWAT teams, nine generals in Afghanistan,〔 bodyguards tasked with protecting generals,〔 and U.S. Secret Service personnel.〔 The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has also purchased Dragon Skin.〔 == Structure == Dragon Skin armor is made of an overlapping series of high tensile strength ceramic discs encased in a glass fiber textile. Different layout configurations with variations in coverage are available. Dragon Skin Extreme is made of overlapping approximately × ceramic discs encased in a fabric cover. In evaluating the Dragon Skin system, it is important to note that while the external measurements of the Dragon Skin panel are × , the area of level III coverage provided by the encased ceramic discs is × ; the fabric edges are ''not'' intended to provide ballistic protection. Weight of the Dragon Skin Extreme armor providing × of level III protection was approximately . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dragon Skin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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