Glass protector shields soldiers in war zones.An estimated 5,000 military vehicles Military vehicles include all land combat and transportation vehicles, excluding rail-based, which are designed for or are in significant use by military forces. See also list of armoured fighting vehicles. in Iraq Iraq or Irak (both: ēräk`, ĭrăk`), officially Republic of Iraq, republic (2005 est. pop. 26,075,000), 167,924 sq mi (434,924 sq km), SW Asia. , Kuwait and Afghanistan are now protected by a film that multiplies the strength of glass and, in the event of a bomb blast, tends to hold all of the broken shards together. Produced by Shattergard Inc., Atlanta, the thin film is called Vehiclegard. It is being shipped to troops in the Middle East in "peel and stick" kits. "We frequently hear from soldiers about how our film saved lives and prevented serous serous /se·rous/ (ser´us) 1. pertaining to or resembling serum. 2. producing or containing serum. se·rous adj. Containing, secreting, or resembling serum. injury in combat zones," said Jordan Frankel, company vice president. He said the company also manufactures Blastgard which is designed to prevent glass fragmentation (1) Storing data in non-contiguous areas on disk. As files are updated, new data are stored in available free space, which may not be contiguous. Fragmented files cause extra head movement, slowing disk accesses. A defragger program is used to rewrite and reorder all the files. in buildings. |
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