Pentagon rushes into the asbestos of tomorrow, today.

United States Department of Defense Taps Nanocomp Technologies as Nanomanufacturing Partner

The U.S. Dept. of Defense recognizes that CNT materials are vital to several of its next generation platforms and components, including lightweight body and vehicle armor with superior strength, improved structural components for satellites and aircraft, enhanced shielding on a broad array of military systems from electromagnetic interference (EMI) and directed energy, and lightweight cable and wiring. The Company's CTex(TM) CNT yarns and tapes, for example, can reduce the weight of aircraft wire and cable harnesses by as much as 50 percent, resulting in considerable operational cost savings, as well as provide other valuable attributes such as flame resistance and improved reliability.

Yet another super material promoted by the United States military. What could possibly go wrong?

Study Says Carbon Nanotubes as Dangerous as Asbestos

Oh yeah, that.

-HJC