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An investigation will be carried out into whether frontline prison staff should be given protective body armour following the alleged attack on guards by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber.
More than 6,000 “modern” body armour units are being acquired for Irish soldiers, the Tánaiste has said. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Harris said that a €16.5 million ...
Defence Forces personnel will be able to avail of a new state-of-the-art body armour, with supplies due to arrive before the end of the year. Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Simon Harris said ...
More than 6,000 “modern” body armour units are being acquired for Irish soldiers, the Tánaiste has said. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Harris said that a €16.5m contract ...
Body armour worn by British military personnel has been recalled after tiny cracks were found in the ageing equipment. Enhanced combat body armour (ECBA) should have been replaced in 2023 but it ...
BODY armour used by British forces does not stop bullets, shock test results show. Defence chiefs ordered a major recall after scans revealed cracks in supposedly bullet-proof plates. Troops will ...
Body armour given to British Army troops is failing to protect them from bullets, shock new tests have revealed. A major recall has been ordered by Ministry of Defence chiefs after scans showed ...
Oceanside RCMP seized a loaded pistol, body armour and suspected drugs after the arrest of a 55-year-old Parksville man this month. An RCMP traffic officer arrested the man on Jan. 10 on a warrant ...
Pioneer Vikela is the world’s first producer of 3D printed body armour — and it’s all 100% recyclable. Now in its 17th year, the Startups 100 is the definitive list of the most promising new UK ...
Our new site marks a significant milestone in our journey, and we are confident it will enable us to achieve our vision of becoming the global leader in body armour.” Over the next five years ...
PARIS, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The equestrian governing body (FEI) in charge of the Olympic riding in Versailles has found pictures of horses with blue tongues caused by oxygen shortage during dressage ...
Separate teams of Chinese and American scientists are reported to be developing body armour using the silk from genetically modified silkworms. The researchers modified the genes of silkworms to ...