Quote Originally Posted by Surpmil View Post
the Vickers Wellington method
Geodetic Construction. I think as it, as a simple explanation, as the shortest distance between two fixed points on a curved surface. It is much more complicated than that, of-course, involving two intersecting arcs on a curved surface, resulting in the forces cancelling each other out.

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Quote Originally Posted by Surpmil View Post
Does make me wonder what we could do with some of the high-tech modern fabrics though.
What, you mean like Kevlar and, preferably, bullet-proof?