UNDER FIRE.

The article focuses on testing of a range of products designed and developed by the defense industry including body armors and fighter planes to check their ability to endure in extreme environments like bullets, blasts and shrapnel. It offers information on the specialized machinery installed with in the High Strain Rate Test Facility of BAE Systems PLC which makes use of a gas gun to create the experience of being shot. It also discusses the principle, working and capabilities of a gas gun. INSET: 'Liquid' armour offers improved protection.