Kevlar

We've been seeing a lot of documentaries on WWII Pacific battles, and the Franklin's amazing damage control story came up. After hearing about arguments regarding what the best placement for armor was, I wondered if modern flight decks used Kevlar. Carriers do. The stuff seems to handle fire relatively well as well as protecting against penetrations.

The topic doesn't tend to come up in most families' table-talk, but if it does you're ready.