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From WLOS.com
From the outside, it looks like any big mountain business.
An imposing white warehouse along a busy road, and surrounded by just a chain link fence - the American flag out front is the only giveaway that Diamondback Tactical is a big name inside the United States government.
"We make body armor, plates, carriers et cetera, to protect those officers and soldiers in the field from threats they face," said CEO Andrew Bair.
Hundreds of orders a day of vests, helmets and shields are assembled, packaged, and shipped out of the unassuming Spindale factory.
From the outside, it looks like any big mountain business.
An imposing white warehouse along a busy road, and surrounded by just a chain link fence - the American flag out front is the only giveaway that Diamondback Tactical is a big name inside the United States government.
"We make body armor, plates, carriers et cetera, to protect those officers and soldiers in the field from threats they face," said CEO Andrew Bair.
Hundreds of orders a day of vests, helmets and shields are assembled, packaged, and shipped out of the unassuming Spindale factory.
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