IDF unveils new armor protection weapon

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From the story: The IDF has revealed a revolutionary new protective shield system for its armored vehicles that intercepts and destroys missiles and rockets with a shotgun-like blast just before they hit.

Here is the link from the Jerusalum Post story with cool picture.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1110338402255

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Makes me wonder if these “Shotgun-like pellets” would be dangerous to dismounted infantry or civillians standing around.
Ryan

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Good question. I would think that was one of the first questions to come up at the initial focus group.

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No sense in taking out 20 civillians and a couple of Israeli reservists to stop a RPG-7 from putting a hole in a unmanned AFV.
Ryan

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That’s pretty cool.