Lightest Bulletproof jacket made of silicon boron carbide for Indian Army
Soldiers will now be able to sour the teeth of enemies by wearing light bulletproof jackets. Boron carbide bulletproof vest made by mixing silicon will be more protective and weigh only 8.7 kg. The company chief claims that this jacket, the lightest ever in the country, will be capable of withstanding more firepower. Till now, the weight of such a jacket made of boron carbide (organic compound) was 10 and a half kg. This jacket, prepared after a year of research, is up to the standards of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), an organization of the United States (US).