[nightdriver]

"An all-electric design replaces the current maze of steam and hydraulic systems with electric cables and motors throughout a ship, Sullivan said. Doing so allows a vessel to spread out its essential systems and become more damage-resistant, he pointed out."

Maybe, maybe not. An atomic bomb detonated high in the stratosphere and 500 miles away wiped out the electric utility in Hawaii in the 1950s. An all-electric ship would go dead in the water after something like that.

[weikel]

See my posts.

[nevergiveup]

Gee I guess the combat ship designers must have never heard of them thar EMP thingies or dah Hawaiin street lamps. Perhaps one of us should send them an email or something. We might also want to send a warning to those ignoramous research groups trying to figure out how to mount ultra-high power EM weapons on our ships. They may not know how much damage those things can do.</sarcasm>