Rainboe/ Clan Just because you do not have the technical knowledge
Now that's a brave one! Even If I didn't have technical knowledge, I could simply use encarta or wikipedia or whatever to fill in the gaps and guess what wiki says about DEWs - they are either fictional or don't work as planned which is what I knew before. Only serious DEW project, US YBL-1 is seriously stuck in the development phase. And if that moneywaster is ever operative as planned, its laser won't just be able to fry your circuits but your airframe as well, be it B737 or A320.
Whats wrong with considering the effect of the electromagnetic environment you are flying in?
Nothing, but no one has ever intended, or intends, to fly a transport category airplane into nuclear warzone or into crossfire between Flash Gordon and Evil Ming Empire, the only warring parties currently equipped with DEWs.
Rivet gun, if you do not know the answer fine, thanks for your input.
Rivet Gun certainly knows the answer and he tried to tell it to you by using mild irony.
But I am still interested in the answer?
And the question was: Is A320 inability to take major trashing from nuclear explosion design flaw?
And the 1 eurocent answer is: NO !
This thread is based on very false assumption that FBW airplane falls out of the sky when its electronics are burnt and "classic" flies happily on. Mach 4, if you were really 737 rated, you would have known that manual reversion is not a joke and manual reversion with absolutely no electrics is certain killer. So if you get hit by Flash Gordon's death ray you'll meet your maker very soon, not much difference between classic controls and FBW.
Not much chance of it happening in real life, though. Phew!