I took away from the article that it's likely merely cosmetic at this point, but concerns have been raised that: 1) The run-down look during peacetime subtract

I took away from the article that it's likely merely cosmetic at this point, but concerns have been raised that: 1) The run-down look during peacetime subtracts from the 'gravitas' the ship can communicate to the world and 2) The smaller crew this more automated modern ship has might not be large enough to complete the common scraping and painting maintenance that ships require to stay ahead of rust