Windows based, right? The blue screen must have been a surprise. The old stuff didn’t require software. Hardening included metal covers over the vacuum tubes to keep them from vibrating out of their sockets.
In the past, destroyers were expendable. Now with so few and so many eggs in one basket, the Navy has doubled down on the failed McNamera strategy. Gee wizz has gotten the best of us. Networking is nice. It shouldn’t be essential.
The saying is that a force multiplier turns 1 battleship into 5 so we can mothball 4 other ships.
The equation works the other way. Destroy 1 ship and it’s like sinking 5.
There will come a day where the Russians and Chinese get cocky and they will have the punch to not back down.