bulletproof vest from spider silk

American military officers and police in order to wear heavy protective vests diehard capable of providing an adequate level of protection. Madagascar spider silk but is 10 times stronger than Kevlar , the material used in most body armor .
If you could invent a method of producing spider silk on an industrial scale , then it would be bulletproof vests made ​​of heavy-duty , lightweight material that can reliably protect the body from bullets and shrapnel.
After a few decades from the moment when the first experiments were carried out in this field, scientists have finally a real opportunity to find a way to make a protective vest of spider silk .
Besides the fact that this idea looks very innovative , it also implies that the soldiers and police officers will be equipped ultra-light and heavy-duty flexible body armor capable of effectively resist bullets , falling into the housing body. Now American soldiers wear heavy bulky constraining movement remedies . Usually it is extremely heavy jackets with at least two ceramic plates , designed to protect against fragments of grenades and bullets upper body of a soldier.

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