I guess there will be 16,000 US soldiers left with no adequate protection while doing their tour of duty as based on this report from CNN. Some news sites say that the ceramic plates are defective and do not meed the Army's specifications. The ceramic plates in question are those in use in the Outer Tactical Vests (OTV) and the US Army's slammed for not doing adequate testing and that they have failed to follow federal contracting rules. The amount is said to be worth US$3 Billion (whooaaa!!!).

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"The U.S. Army is recalling more than 16,000 sets of body armor even though the secretary of the Army disagrees with a Department of Defense report that some of the ceramic plates failed testing and might not offer the protection required for troops on the battlefield. At issue are the removable bullet-proof ceramic plates that are part of a soldier's body armor.

The report by the Department of Defense inspector general's office, expected to be released officially on Friday, says the Army had flawed testing procedures before awarding contracts to make the armor plates."

Click here to read the CNN report.