A carrier is a beast of a weapon against a non technological enemy such as in the last two Gulf Wars. Against a sophisticated enemy it is dead meat, ours and theirs.
Yeahhhh,,,, except carriers and their battle groups have a very nasty habit of doing surprising and violent things. And though the USN is now taken over by Obamaites and will soon suffer the F-35 being inflicted on it, it still has decades of intense carrier experience.
A carrier battlegroup is no joke.
Against a mine laid overnight right outside the pier by a “trawler” or “fishing boat” just cruising by?
How few pounds do you need when the charge is close to a propeller?