[Ads-l] "Ballistic glass"

[dave@wilton.net]

"Ballistic glass" has been around for a while. I've found a Colt Industries annual report from 1970 that refers to "ballistic glass fiber." That's with less than five minutes of searching.
 
I'm sure if one digs around in industry publications and papers other early examples will turn up.
 
 
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From: "Stanton McCandlish" <smccandlish at GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2024 1:49pm
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Subject: Re: [ADS-L] "Ballistic glass"



"ballistic glass" makes me think of flying drinkware. It's the bullet
that's ballistic, not the bulletproof glass.

Kind of like describing a sushi chef's knife as "pelagic" just because it's
used on seafood.


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On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 7:32 AM James Landau <
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> From Newsbreak"[Trump's] campaign is also asking for enhanced flight
> restrictions over Trump's residences and campaign events and for ballistic
> glass to be positioned across 2024's seven battlegrounds : Arizona,
> Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin."
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> "Ballistic glass" is another term for bulletproof glass.
> The quote above, as writtten, says that the campaign is calling for
> bulletproof glass to be "positioned" across the entire state of Arizone etc.
> James Landau
> jjjrlandau at netscape.com
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