The drawbacks of designing a US naval ship for the "video game generation"

[Rex Brynen]

CNN published a lightweight report today on how the US navy's new Zumwalt-class destroyers were supposedly "designed for the video gamer generation." I thought it might be amusing to identify some of the potential drawbacks of such an approach:

http://paxsims.wordpress.com/2014/06/15/has-the-us-navy-considered-the-drawbacks-of-designing-its-latest-ship-for-the-video-gamer-generation/

Additional suggestions welcomed!

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

What happens if the enemy uses an EMP missile against it?

[GDS_Starfury]

our ships have been hardened against EMP since we first found out about it.

[Jarhead0331]

our ships have been hardened against EMP since we first found out about it.

Too bad our national infrastructure isn't.

[Staggerwing]

our ships have been hardened against EMP since we first found out about it.

Too bad our national infrastructure isn't.

Have faith in our Leaders for they are prepared! Hidden deep under a mountain in Utah (or is it New Jersey?) the DOD, NSA, and FEMA are stockpiling millions and millions of abacuses, surplus scented candles, and leftover christmas fruitcakes in case of infrastructure collapse.

[Arctic Blast]

our ships have been hardened against EMP since we first found out about it.

Too bad our national infrastructure isn't.

Have faith in our Leaders for they are prepared! Hidden deep under a mountain in Utah (or is it New Jersey?) the DOD, NSA, and FEMA are stockpiling millions and millions of abacuses, surplus scented candles, and leftover christmas fruitcakes in case of infrastructure collapse.

Actually, I believe that the mountain was artificially constructed out of leftover Christmas fruitcakes. It was the only building material which could produce a structure hardened against any and all types of attack.

[Toonces]

I saw one of these parked out front the other day.  What an ugly, ugly ship.  Honestly- it looks like a ship that's trying to be hip and cool and failing miserably.

[Staggerwing]

It's weird how those masts echo the 1920's 'lattice masts' we were talking about a couple of days ago in the Ships! thread.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

our ships have been hardened against EMP since we first found out about it.

Tinfoil hats don't count.

The nature of the old metal ships sitting in salt water was that they would disperse EMP. The new anti-radar shit may be more of a challenge. That is not news a country that could make an EMP would not know.

Maybe the key is the range circle. Make a cheap ship that can hit missile with missile at significant range, many war problems go away.

[skeptical.platypus]

I think the CNN article is a drawback of designing news stories for the "video game generation."

[mirth]

If those ships are truly designed for the video game generation, maybe we'll finally get a serious naval sim with a modern UI instead of what looks like the CIC of a first gen Tico.

[skeptical.platypus]

If a modern ui for the video game generation means controllers, I might as well just check into the obsolescence clinic now.   

[mirth]

You aren't already? Could have sworn that was you in the room next to mine.

[bayonetbrant]

Has someone told CNN that the kids that grew up on Atari 2600s and first I generation NESs are now 45 and starting to retire from the military?

[mirth]

And looking for better games!