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I'm not sure if that is actually correct. They weren't able to replicate the result of the initial test (the test article may have been flawed). What killed that program was actually Truman's post-war defense cutbacks. Incidently, I believe they were also looking at that armor for possible use in next generation USN carrier designs; the navy had been impressed despite themselves by the survivability of British armoured carriers, but wanted a more flexible armor scheme.