Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!sdd.hp.com!think.com!mintaka!olivea!oliveb!veritas!amdcad!amdcad!military From: JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU (Larry W. Jewell) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Words to watch for... Message-ID: <1991Apr2.064958.14908@amd.com> Date: 1 Apr 91 12:43:38 GMT Sender: military@amd.com Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Lines: 18 Approved: military@amd.com From: "Larry W. Jewell" On the morning news they had an article from Lawrence-Livermore Labs. in Ca. To me the most interesting item was CERMET. It was made by taking a block of ceramic material and melting a block of aluminum into it. This imparted the deformability of aluminum to the hardness of ceramic. The possibilities for armour-plating are intriguing. Anyone have any more information on this? (Declass. of course, "Me no spy, GI!") (On a side note, they were showing some of the shells they were shooting for tests and they had an empty 6" or 8" (I can't keep the small stuff straight :-) shell casing sitting on the bench. Personally, I will NOT work in a lab where they are firing off 8" rounds indoors!:-). -- Larry W. Jewell direct replies to JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU