Is The Body Armor Used By U.S. Troops Safe?

Unprotected? 80 per cent of Marines serving in Iraq who had been shot in the upper body died because of inadequate body armour

Fears Over U.S. Troops' Safety After Report Finds Five Million Pieces Of Body Armour Have Not Properly Been Tested -- Daily Mail

* Report finds $2.5billion worth of protective equipment could be defective
* 80 per cent of Marines in Iraq who were shot in the upper body died because of inadequate body armour

American troops could unwittingly be putting themselves in grave danger in the Middle East, an official report suggests, after five million pieces of body armour were found not to have properly been tested.

The Army cannot be certain that the critical battlefield equipment ever met the standards to protect U.S. troops before it was sent out, the Defence Department's inspector general found.

The Pentagon report focused on seven Army contracts for the plates, known as ballistic inserts, awarded between 2004 and 2006 and totalling $2.5billion.

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