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Sunday, April 09, 2006

U.S. Army to Deploy 'Force Field' In Iraq

The U.S. army plans to deploy an invisible "force field" system called the Trophy Active Defense System, or ADS, that disables incoming RPG rounds and other low-tech munitions. Trophy provides a dome of protection around a vehicle. When it detects an incoming missile, it throws a "beam" of fragments at it, which causes it to explode. Trophy can take out multiple threats at once. I want one. Here comes the VIDEO! UPDATE: Not so fast -- it looks like the army CANCELLED PLANS TO ROLL OUT TROPHY.

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