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Armada International, December, 2003 by Richardson, Doug
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Advanced ERA concepts are expected to cope with new-generation threats. The US Army Laboratory (ARL) is studying several promising concepts. Not all current armour concepts will make it to market, but the following is a sampling of what is on the drawing boards. Slera: Self-Limiting Explosively Reactive Armor provides comparable performance to traditional ERA, but has reduced effects on vehicle structures.
Although still based on explosive materials, these types are less energetic that those used in existing ERA, and could be classified as passive materials by Nato. For ...
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