According to the article, anti-ship missiles have a longer range than the distance carrier attack planes can travel to a target and knock it out and get back to the ship. Also, with mobile launchers, they won’t stay there in place, anyway. Plus, firing salvos of missiles, the anti-missile shipboard defenses can be overwhelmed. Like the article also says, carriers are on the wrong side of physics and math.
A carrier group has many missiles and detection systems. It is one of man’s most destructive inventions.
The author is a journalist dealing with politics. He does not appear to have much military experience or knowledge.