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1. A protective material for dissipating the kinetic energy of a moving object, the protective material comprising:
a plurality of separator layers; and a plurality of layers of fibrous armour material impregnated with a shear thickening fluid for reducing inter-layer friction in which at least some adjacent layers of fibrous armour material are separated by one or more of the separator layers, wherein at least one layer of the fibrous armour material is sandwiched between two of the separator layers, wherein at least one of the layers in the adjacent layers of fibrous armour material which are separated by the separator layers is not impregnated with a shear thickening fluid. |