Body Armor

Michael Yon has an excellent post up on body armor and a faux controversy involving the unwanted Dragon Skin.

His post made me think two things:

1. The individual military branches should have more control over picking what they need as far as weapons and materials. The current procurement process through Congress leads to far too much political maneuvering that has nothing to do with the item's effectiveness or even if the item is wanted by the troops on the field in the first place. I know this move won't end graft or corruption but I think it would be better than what we have now.

2. Biblical historians say that one of the reasons David was able to kill Goliath is the fact that Goliath was so weighed down with armor - 125 pounds of armor (technically 5,000 shekels) and another 15 pounds for his massive spear (600 shekels). Goliath just wasn't able to catch the quicker David and David was able to kill Goliath despite the "body armor" by hitting him with a rock from his sling where Goliath had no armor (between the eyes).

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