Tiles on Submarines or Vehicles + Sononuoy

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(1) The Wizards Of Oz. Strategy Page, Feb 15, 2012.
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htecm/articles/20120215.aspx
(radar absorbent material (RAM) on a subamrine)

Note: anechoic tile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anechoic_tile

The word anechoic is composed of an- and echo.

(2) Contrast

(a) GD-RAFAEL’s Reactive Armor Equips US Military. Defense Industry Daily, July 14, 2010.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily. ... tary-updated-02451/
("General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products Inc. in Burlington, VT is the main supplier, in conjunction with Israel’s RAFAEL who pioneered the design. The add-on armor kit for the M2/M3 Bradleys, for instance, includes 105 tiles that look like small boxes and attach to the sides, the turret and the front of each vehicle. The armor is some of the most advanced in the world, and includes both passive protection of strong material that diverts the rocket, plus reactive protection")

GD refers to General Dunamics. see text in (c).

(b) General Dynamics Gets $33M Order to Supply Bradley Reactive Armor Sets. Defense Industry Daily, Jan 21, 2010.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily. ... ts-06117/#more-6117

View the second picture only, whose heading is "Reactive Armor Tile Set."

(c) Kris Osborn, Army officials tout success of reactive armor. Army Times, apr 13, 2007.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/20 ... ctive_armor_070413/

Quote:

"the [reactive] armor, which triggers a small explosion to fend off a larger one, has reduced the Army’s immediate need for active protection systems, which are intended to shoot down incoming weapons.

US invaded Iraq in 2003. "In 2004, they [US] decided to put reactive armor tiles on all of the service’s Abrams tanks, Bradley armored personnel carriers and Stryker fighting vehicles."

"Reactive armor works by attaching small packs of explosives to a vehicle’s outer shell. The explosives detonate when hit by incoming fire, blowing the round away from the vehicle. * * * Each tile protects only against a single hit.

(d) reactive armour
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_armour

(e) ASPRO-H Hybrid Armor; Hybrid add-on armor systems. Rafael, undated.
http://www.rafael.co.il/Marketing/281-962-en/Marketing.aspx


-----------------Separately
Anti-Chinese Sonobuoys. Strategy Page, Feb 15, 2012
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htairw/articles/20120215.aspx
("This is all about taking advantage of new software and cheap, but massive, computer power to provide an edge against Chinese non-nuclear (and very quiet) submarines operating in Taiwanese coastal waters")