Dragon Skin Speech Outline

Introduction:

Imagine yourself on the battlefield in Iraq. You’re on patrol when all of a sudden your squad is ambushed. Your squad mate to your left goes down with a shot to the back. He had removed the steel plate in his vest because it weighed too much the man to the right goes down from penis an amour piercing round straight through the plate in the front. You run for it as the rest of the squad runs. You make it to safety and take your vest off. You notice that you were hit several times in the back, but there is not even a bruise on you. That’s because you were wearing the future of body armor. You were wearing Dragon Skin.

Body:

1) First I would like to explain what Dragon skin is
a) Dragon Skin is composed of discs arranged like “scales” on a “dragon”. This is best compared to the medieval chain mail worn by knights.
b) According to David Crane, these discs are composed of an advanced ceramic or titanium composite matrixes and laminates that can incorporate other materials. There's even a lighter-weight metal than titanium that Pinnacle Armor is now combining with ceramic that they will not disclose, which offer's a superior level of performance-to-weight ratio over titanium.
c) The overlapping “scale” effect of the protective disks also allows for a dispersion of the force caused by the impact of the high speed bullet says the inventor of the Dragon Skin, Murray Neil.
2) Second I will tell you why Dragon skin is superior to the current Interceptor vest.
a) According to Magee, the Army’s Interceptor uses four rigid plates to stop the most lethal bullets, leaving some vital organs unprotected.
b) Along with this the Dragon Skin offers flexibility with even greater protection of the vital organs in the torso.
3) Finally I’ll explain why Dragon Skin has not been fully implemented into the US armed forces.
a) According to Ret. Gen. Brown in an Army test the Dragon skin had full penetration on 13 of 48 shots which is a catastrophic failure. (msnbc.com)
b) However, this experiment was a closed Army experiment with no outside attendees. Nevins Rupert claims that the experiment was sabotaged because the armor was not produced by an armed forces “company”. (msnbc.com)
Conclusion:
In conclusion, I hope this has brought an understanding of the future of body armor even if the government doesn’t agree because it’s not their invention. I’d like to leave you with this thought, what if it was your parent, your sibling, or what if it was even your spouse in the war zone, wouldn’t you want them to have the best protection out there?
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Neal, Murray. Interview. "Dragon Skin Body Armor." CNN. 28 Jan. 2006. 16 Sep. 2007 .
Brown, Mark, Jim Magee, and Nevin Rupert. Interview. "NBC News Investigative Unit." NBC News. NBC. 20 May 2007. 16 Sep. 2007 .
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SOV™ Flexible Body Armor. 1998. Pinnacle Armor. 13 Sep. 2007 .