All US Navy destroyers and frigates will get rid of touchscreens

Too dangerous, American Navy men don’t understand touchscreens enough, They’ll go back to mechnical switches and leavers. Old School.

Are we going back to 1940s tech?

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they never should have adopted touchscreens in the first place. They are susceptible to emp and would be unusable in the event of nuclear war. Vaccum tubes are the only tech that wouldn't be affected by a nuclear blast.

Touchscreens are accessibility tech for old people and niggers.

>low quality thread
oof.

This. Real men don't need software based IO. It only gets in the way.

Touch screens suck in industrial environments.

this. none of the articles make it sound like there is a backup mechanical system either. full touchscreen. unbelievable.

you get the sense that, thanks to "globalist multiculturalism" leading to an america where foreign countries control our ports, senators like Fiensteinne employ foreign spies, etc. in a real war, the opening salvo would probably devastate american high tech military. all our drones and computer networking would quickly be shut down.

china would press the "shut it down" button on all american high tech and the americans would be screaming about muh patents

Touch screens can be hacked and most are probably made in China

Going old school mech is the best way..

>A10 BraaaapHog
>totally mechanical flight control system
>planes have landed with wings blown off and missing the entire tail section
>can absorb .50 cal like a Chelsea Clinton swallows nigger dick and still keep ticking

So much this

Touchscreens are shit.
They are prone to all kinds of problems and are fragile bullshit.
Imagine reaching for an emergency stop button on a touchscreen with a hand soaked with blood and it not responding right.
Doesn't happen with real fucking switches and buttons.

"Progress" isn't always progress.
If you need an example pick almost anything that's happened in the past 15 years or so. Sure you can nitpick a few things that have improved but the world as a whole is on a rapid decline because everyone is retarded.

They also blow up every time the Enteprise goes to red alert.

Who needs touchscreens?

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Also you have to imagine it would be difficult to use a touchscreen in a vehicle which rocks and sways constantly, especially in stormy weather or in a battle.

go back

This isn't the first time that that Navy had to take away more advanced tech and go back to simplier things. An example would be sound-powered phones, which are actually 1940's tech. It's pretty much powered by the sound of the user's voice so they work if the power in the ship goes down. They are used to communicate between various spaces on the ship. The Navy got away with them on a few newer ships, and were shocked when the new advanced systems went down during major fires. The outfitted the ships with sound powered phones again because they are reliable during an emergency.

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Touchscreens were always a mistake.

>installing manual throttles = getting rid of touch screens

but thats wrong you retard

Good, touch screens are for selling hamburgers.

kek

This is actually very good news. Mechanical and analog have a crispy, satisfying functionality to them, not to mention the increased reliability and security. Chinese tech niggers BTFO

>They are susceptible to emp and would be unusable in the event of nuclear war.
Shouldn't almost all electronic devices be shielded against EMPs on board military vessels?

While in the Navy every time someone would get pissed they would throw whatever they're holding against the wall or straight at the floor; this is most likely the reason why.

If the screen fails, nothing works
If a button fails, one thing doesn't work.

Touch screens and minimalist digital UIs are objectively hot garbage, and always have been. This is the technological equivalent of 21st century post-modern architecture. Dedicated physical controls are superior for multitasking and executing commands without looking down and doing things when your hands are wet or dirty.

furthermore, this
You literally have no legitimate counterargument. If you are even trying to come up with one I'm willing to bet you're a weakling with some cushy desk job and you're much worse at multitasking than you think you are.

Yeah, but if even one unarmed russian jet can buzz out the defence system of a destroyer and make 50 people resign and give countless others PTSD.

There's a reason only the Galactica survived the Cylon ambush

you could never implement an estop though a touchscreen. It is a totally different sub-system within the control electronics.

I have this magnificent tube SW receiver at home and working with its manual controls is immensely satisfying.
So i approve the navy's decision. Good for them!

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There are ways to shield electronics from EMP (think of a massive faraday cage). It is insanely expensive, but it is used where a failure can NOT happen. Contrasting to most movies, an EMP will in most cases fuck your ram up. If you are close enough it could fry it - but most will not.

I ignored this yesterday because its fucking stupid but mechanical keyboards are the aesthetic choice, and electrostatic touchscreen technology is buggy AF, not reliable enough for military use, so I totally agree with the change.

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Too much high tech made stuff easy to hack. Obama gave China all our shit so it’s low tech.

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Israel did not Obama, stop lying on the internet

There is a thing called metallic shield dumb ass.

you need an earthed mesh but ok
and EMP only effects long conductors
it will brick phones though guarenteed, lightning hitting my antenna (looking at you DEW fuckers) knocked out everything in the room at least temporarily.

Mechanical keyboards are for chads and ballers. Plebs will never know the pleasure.

How about you go fuck your mother and we’ll call it even

The goy strikes out while he cries in pain

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