Women in the Army are on the verge of getting new armor. The simple fact of the matter is that current vest and plate designs just don’t fit right on women due to different body form factors. While it’s easy to simply redesign the shapes, the “challenge right now is that when you bring in those complex curvatures, the plate loses some of its strength.” In other words, 0xB16B00B5 get in the way and weaken contemporary plate designs if they’re simply reshaped to form. Perhaps this is the first step towards a military uniform consisting of form-fitting spandex just like the comic books said would happen.