Flexible spike and knife resistant composite

A flexible spike and knife resistant composite comprising a stack of at least five (5) consolidated layer groupings, wherein each layer grouping has a normalized stiffness of less than about 5 g/g/m2 as tested by a modified ASTM Test Method D6828-02 and comprises:

• one or two spike resistant textile layers, each layer comprising a plurality of woven yarns or fibers, wherein the yarns or fibers have a tenacity of about eight or more grams per denier and the yarns or fibers have a size of less than about ten denier per filament, and wherein the spike textile layers are either impregnated on both sides and at least some of the internal surfaces with about 10 wt. % or less based on the total weight of the spike resistant textile layer of a coating comprising a plurality of particles having a diameter of about 20 μm or less or are woven with a fabric tightness factor of greater than about 0.75;
• at least one adhesive layer;
• one or two knife resistant textile layer comprising monoaxially drawn tape elements, the tape elements comprising a polyolefin base layer between at least one covering layer of a heat fusible polyolefin, wherein the tape elements have an aspect ratio of greater than ten and have a size greater than 100 denier per filament, wherein the covering layers are characterized by a softening temperature below that of the base layer to permit fusion bonding upon application of heat, wherein the tape elements within each layer are consolidated to one another by the covering layer.