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Aqua Defense Technologies
We are a self funded research and development
company. Since our means are meager we do with
what we can though we have made several attempts
to obtain research grants to no avail we remain Self
Funded. We Humbly implore you to assist us in our
quest to Defeat the IED!!! (Improvised Explosive
Devices)
Proverbs 12:2
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a
man of wicked devices will he condemn.
So Far our designs have yielded promising results
stopping 7.62 x 54 mm rounds with only 2 inches of
penetration with multiple rounds with in a six inch
radius. We believe we can do better but like all
things it takes funding!
Please, We can't give up as long as there is one
soldier out there in harms way!!! Make a Donation
Today! God Bless!
Isaiah 54:13-17
54:13
And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD;
and great shall be the peace of thy children.
54:14
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou
shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear:
and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
54:15
Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by
me: whosoever shall gather together against thee
shall fall for thy sake.
54:16
Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the
coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an
instrument for his work; and I have created the
waster to destroy.
54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall
prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against
thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the
heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their
righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Pleases take a moment to look upon the faces of
those who have most recently given there all so that
you can live in liberty and freedom! http://www.
militarycity.com/valor/honor.html
Troops add improvised armor to Humvees
By Marni McEntee, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, February 3, 2004
Marni McEntee / S&S
In lieu of a complete armored Humvee, the Army
provides armoring kits like this one. The kit,
however, does not armor the floor or bulletproof the
windshield — crucial for protecting troops from
roadside bomb blasts and gunshots.
Marni McEntee / S&S
Staff Sgt. Anna Berber-Giddings of the 223rd
Military Intelligence Battalion shows the Iraqi-
made steel door meant to provide some blast
protection to an unarmored Humvee. The Army is
sending additional much-needed armored Humvees
into Iraq in the coming months. LOGISTICS
SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, IRAQ — While
the Army plans to ship more armored Humvees into
Iraq, many troops are upgrading their soft-sided
Humvees on the cheap while they wait for
replacements.
Conventional Humvees were not designed to face
some of the most insidious threats in the Iraq
combat zone. Roadside bombs have killed more than
80 soldiers since the war began last March.
Hundreds of other troops have been killed when
explosive devices were tossed into their vehicles or
they were ambushed.
Army officials said last week that up to 220 armored
Humvees a month will be produced in a new factory
in the United States by this spring. In addition,
6,000 kits for armoring standard Humvees and
other military vehicles also are being sent to the
region. The cost for the new vehicles and upgrade
kits is roughly $177 million.
In the meantime, some soldiers are turning to local
metal shops to upgrade their conventional Humvees
as best they can.
That’s what soldiers from the 223rd Military
Intelligence Battalion did. The battalion, a
California National Guard unit, brought 13 vehicles
into Iraq, including 12 unarmored Humvees, when
they arrived in March 2003.
They since have hired Iraqis to install makeshift
armor on all their vehicles. At $2,000 apiece, each
vehicle’s floorboard and cargo areas were lined
with steel. Steel doors were added, along with steel
enclosures for the gunners on gun trucks. Sandbags
on the floor and crossed fingers do the rest.
So far, none of the unit’s 113 soldiers has been
seriously injured or killed while patrolling an area
from LSA Anaconda, about 50 miles north of
Baghdad, north to Kirkuk.
“We have been very, very lucky,” said Staff Sgt.
Anna Berber-Giddings, a driver for unit
commander Lt. Col. Drew Ryan.
The improvised armor has its drawbacks. On one
recent trip to Iraqi villages near LSA Anaconda,
Berber-Giddings had to repeatedly check the loose-
fitting latches on her door to keep it from swinging
open while she drove.
When the rear driver’s side door of the vehicle kept
flying open, Berber-Giddings tied a string across
the loose-fitting latch to keep it closed. Some
soldiers put an extra-long string on the door latch
so they can hold the door closed while they’re
speeding down the road.
“We have made do,” Berber-Giddings said.
The Army has frowned upon such improvised
armor, warning that the untested steel may shatter
when hit by a projectile such as a rocket. That could
send hot shrapnel into the passengers.
The Army recently ordered an Alabama National
Guard unit to remove the improvised armor it
placed on its vehicles before the unit deploys to
Iraq, according to news reports. It said the unit
would be provided with official Army armoring kits.
Ryan, the 223rd commander, admits the jerry-
rigged upgrades leave much to be desired, but he
said felt he had no choice.
“I’d have a hell of a time writing a letter to a
parent, saying their son or daughter was killed
because the Army supply system couldn’t provide
the proper equipment,” Ryan said. “I decided I had
to do what I could.”
The unit also has installed the official Army armor
upgrade on five of its vehicles. The Army kit armors
the soft sides of the Humvee and adds a bulletproof
windshield.
It doesn’t, however, provide armor for the vehicle
bed, which still leaves it vulnerable to the roadside
bombs popular with Iraqi insurgents.
Army officials said there are between 800 and 2,000
armored Humvees in Iraq, where 130,000 U.S.
soldiers are deployed.
Army spokesmen said the service requires 4,000
armored vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan — 3,200
in Iraq alone.
However, all 3,200 vehicles aren’t expected in the
war zone until mid-2005.
Marines died short of armor
By Michael Moss
01/08/05 "New York Times" -- -- A secret Pentagon
study has found that as many as 80 percent of the
marines who have been killed in Iraq from wounds
to their upper body could have survived if they had
had extra body armor. Such armor has been
available since 2003, but until recently the Pentagon
has largely declined to supply it to troops despite
calls from the field for additional protection,
according to military officials.
The ceramic plates in vests now worn by the
majority of troops in Iraq cover only some of the
chest and back. In at least 74 of the 93 fatal wounds
that were analyzed in the Pentagon study of marines
from March 2003 through June 2005, bullets and
shrapnel struck the marines' shoulders, sides or
areas of the torso where the plates do not reach.
Thirty-one of the deadly wounds struck the chest or
back so close to the plates that simply enlarging the
existing shields "would have had the potential to
alter the fatal outcome," according to the study,
which was obtained by The New York Times.
For the first time, the study by the military's
medical examiner shows the cost in lost lives from
inadequate armor, even as the Pentagon continues
to publicly defend its protection of the troops.
Officials have said they are shipping the best armor
to Iraq as quickly as possible. At the same time, they
have maintained that it is impossible to shield forces
from the increasingly powerful improvised explosive
devices used by insurgents. Yet the Pentagon's own
study reveals the equally lethal threat of bullets.
The vulnerability of the military's body armor has
been known since the start of the war, and is part of
a series of problems that have surrounded the
protection of U.S. troops. Still, the U.S. Marine
Corps did not begin buying additional plates to
cover the sides of their troops until last September,
when it ordered 28,800 sets, marine officials
acknowledge.
A secret Pentagon study has found that as many as
80 percent of the marines who have been killed in
Iraq from wounds to their upper body could have
survived if they had had extra body armor. Such
armor has been available since 2003, but until
recently the Pentagon has largely declined to supply
it to troops despite calls from the field for additional
protection, according to military officials.
The ceramic plates in vests now worn by the
majority of troops in Iraq cover only some of the
chest and back. In at least 74 of the 93 fatal wounds
that were analyzed in the Pentagon study of marines
from March 2003 through June 2005, bullets and
shrapnel struck the marines' shoulders, sides or
areas of the torso where the plates do not reach.
Thirty-one of the deadly wounds struck the chest or
back so close to the plates that simply enlarging the
existing shields "would have had the potential to
alter the fatal outcome," according to the study,
which was obtained by The New York Times.
For the first time, the study by the military's
medical examiner shows the cost in lost lives from
inadequate armor, even as the Pentagon continues
to publicly defend its protection of the troops.
Officials have said they are shipping the best armor
to Iraq as quickly as possible. At the same time, they
have maintained that it is impossible to shield forces
from the increasingly powerful improvised explosive
devices used by insurgents. Yet the Pentagon's own
study reveals the equally lethal threat of bullets.
The vulnerability of the military's body armor has
been known since the start of the war, and is part of
a series of problems that have surrounded the
protection of U.S. troops. Still, the U.S. Marine
Corps did not begin buying additional plates to
cover the sides of their troops until last September,
when it ordered 28,800 sets, marine officials
acknowledge.
Copyright © 2006 the International Herald Tribune
company. Since our means are meager we do with
what we can though we have made several attempts
to obtain research grants to no avail we remain Self
Funded. We Humbly implore you to assist us in our
quest to Defeat the IED!!! (Improvised Explosive
Devices)
Proverbs 12:2
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a
man of wicked devices will he condemn.
So Far our designs have yielded promising results
stopping 7.62 x 54 mm rounds with only 2 inches of
penetration with multiple rounds with in a six inch
radius. We believe we can do better but like all
things it takes funding!
Please, We can't give up as long as there is one
soldier out there in harms way!!! Make a Donation
Today! God Bless!
Isaiah 54:13-17
54:13
And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD;
and great shall be the peace of thy children.
54:14
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou
shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear:
and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
54:15
Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by
me: whosoever shall gather together against thee
shall fall for thy sake.
54:16
Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the
coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an
instrument for his work; and I have created the
waster to destroy.
54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall
prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against
thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the
heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their
righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Pleases take a moment to look upon the faces of
those who have most recently given there all so that
you can live in liberty and freedom! http://www.
militarycity.com/valor/honor.html
Troops add improvised armor to Humvees
By Marni McEntee, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, February 3, 2004
Marni McEntee / S&S
In lieu of a complete armored Humvee, the Army
provides armoring kits like this one. The kit,
however, does not armor the floor or bulletproof the
windshield — crucial for protecting troops from
roadside bomb blasts and gunshots.
Marni McEntee / S&S
Staff Sgt. Anna Berber-Giddings of the 223rd
Military Intelligence Battalion shows the Iraqi-
made steel door meant to provide some blast
protection to an unarmored Humvee. The Army is
sending additional much-needed armored Humvees
into Iraq in the coming months. LOGISTICS
SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, IRAQ — While
the Army plans to ship more armored Humvees into
Iraq, many troops are upgrading their soft-sided
Humvees on the cheap while they wait for
replacements.
Conventional Humvees were not designed to face
some of the most insidious threats in the Iraq
combat zone. Roadside bombs have killed more than
80 soldiers since the war began last March.
Hundreds of other troops have been killed when
explosive devices were tossed into their vehicles or
they were ambushed.
Army officials said last week that up to 220 armored
Humvees a month will be produced in a new factory
in the United States by this spring. In addition,
6,000 kits for armoring standard Humvees and
other military vehicles also are being sent to the
region. The cost for the new vehicles and upgrade
kits is roughly $177 million.
In the meantime, some soldiers are turning to local
metal shops to upgrade their conventional Humvees
as best they can.
That’s what soldiers from the 223rd Military
Intelligence Battalion did. The battalion, a
California National Guard unit, brought 13 vehicles
into Iraq, including 12 unarmored Humvees, when
they arrived in March 2003.
They since have hired Iraqis to install makeshift
armor on all their vehicles. At $2,000 apiece, each
vehicle’s floorboard and cargo areas were lined
with steel. Steel doors were added, along with steel
enclosures for the gunners on gun trucks. Sandbags
on the floor and crossed fingers do the rest.
So far, none of the unit’s 113 soldiers has been
seriously injured or killed while patrolling an area
from LSA Anaconda, about 50 miles north of
Baghdad, north to Kirkuk.
“We have been very, very lucky,” said Staff Sgt.
Anna Berber-Giddings, a driver for unit
commander Lt. Col. Drew Ryan.
The improvised armor has its drawbacks. On one
recent trip to Iraqi villages near LSA Anaconda,
Berber-Giddings had to repeatedly check the loose-
fitting latches on her door to keep it from swinging
open while she drove.
When the rear driver’s side door of the vehicle kept
flying open, Berber-Giddings tied a string across
the loose-fitting latch to keep it closed. Some
soldiers put an extra-long string on the door latch
so they can hold the door closed while they’re
speeding down the road.
“We have made do,” Berber-Giddings said.
The Army has frowned upon such improvised
armor, warning that the untested steel may shatter
when hit by a projectile such as a rocket. That could
send hot shrapnel into the passengers.
The Army recently ordered an Alabama National
Guard unit to remove the improvised armor it
placed on its vehicles before the unit deploys to
Iraq, according to news reports. It said the unit
would be provided with official Army armoring kits.
Ryan, the 223rd commander, admits the jerry-
rigged upgrades leave much to be desired, but he
said felt he had no choice.
“I’d have a hell of a time writing a letter to a
parent, saying their son or daughter was killed
because the Army supply system couldn’t provide
the proper equipment,” Ryan said. “I decided I had
to do what I could.”
The unit also has installed the official Army armor
upgrade on five of its vehicles. The Army kit armors
the soft sides of the Humvee and adds a bulletproof
windshield.
It doesn’t, however, provide armor for the vehicle
bed, which still leaves it vulnerable to the roadside
bombs popular with Iraqi insurgents.
Army officials said there are between 800 and 2,000
armored Humvees in Iraq, where 130,000 U.S.
soldiers are deployed.
Army spokesmen said the service requires 4,000
armored vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan — 3,200
in Iraq alone.
However, all 3,200 vehicles aren’t expected in the
war zone until mid-2005.
Marines died short of armor
By Michael Moss
01/08/05 "New York Times" -- -- A secret Pentagon
study has found that as many as 80 percent of the
marines who have been killed in Iraq from wounds
to their upper body could have survived if they had
had extra body armor. Such armor has been
available since 2003, but until recently the Pentagon
has largely declined to supply it to troops despite
calls from the field for additional protection,
according to military officials.
The ceramic plates in vests now worn by the
majority of troops in Iraq cover only some of the
chest and back. In at least 74 of the 93 fatal wounds
that were analyzed in the Pentagon study of marines
from March 2003 through June 2005, bullets and
shrapnel struck the marines' shoulders, sides or
areas of the torso where the plates do not reach.
Thirty-one of the deadly wounds struck the chest or
back so close to the plates that simply enlarging the
existing shields "would have had the potential to
alter the fatal outcome," according to the study,
which was obtained by The New York Times.
For the first time, the study by the military's
medical examiner shows the cost in lost lives from
inadequate armor, even as the Pentagon continues
to publicly defend its protection of the troops.
Officials have said they are shipping the best armor
to Iraq as quickly as possible. At the same time, they
have maintained that it is impossible to shield forces
from the increasingly powerful improvised explosive
devices used by insurgents. Yet the Pentagon's own
study reveals the equally lethal threat of bullets.
The vulnerability of the military's body armor has
been known since the start of the war, and is part of
a series of problems that have surrounded the
protection of U.S. troops. Still, the U.S. Marine
Corps did not begin buying additional plates to
cover the sides of their troops until last September,
when it ordered 28,800 sets, marine officials
acknowledge.
A secret Pentagon study has found that as many as
80 percent of the marines who have been killed in
Iraq from wounds to their upper body could have
survived if they had had extra body armor. Such
armor has been available since 2003, but until
recently the Pentagon has largely declined to supply
it to troops despite calls from the field for additional
protection, according to military officials.
The ceramic plates in vests now worn by the
majority of troops in Iraq cover only some of the
chest and back. In at least 74 of the 93 fatal wounds
that were analyzed in the Pentagon study of marines
from March 2003 through June 2005, bullets and
shrapnel struck the marines' shoulders, sides or
areas of the torso where the plates do not reach.
Thirty-one of the deadly wounds struck the chest or
back so close to the plates that simply enlarging the
existing shields "would have had the potential to
alter the fatal outcome," according to the study,
which was obtained by The New York Times.
For the first time, the study by the military's
medical examiner shows the cost in lost lives from
inadequate armor, even as the Pentagon continues
to publicly defend its protection of the troops.
Officials have said they are shipping the best armor
to Iraq as quickly as possible. At the same time, they
have maintained that it is impossible to shield forces
from the increasingly powerful improvised explosive
devices used by insurgents. Yet the Pentagon's own
study reveals the equally lethal threat of bullets.
The vulnerability of the military's body armor has
been known since the start of the war, and is part of
a series of problems that have surrounded the
protection of U.S. troops. Still, the U.S. Marine
Corps did not begin buying additional plates to
cover the sides of their troops until last September,
when it ordered 28,800 sets, marine officials
acknowledge.
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