What about increasing the legs of the attack wing so that the carrier can remain out of range of shore based anti-ship missiles? It should also mitigate to some degree the coastal diesel subs.
With the new rail gun system, the carrier screen should be able to prep the battlefield from hundreds of miles away
The rail gun trick may never be fielded as the barrels have to be replaced after each shot, I believe.
You are exactly right the navalized swing-wing f-22 would have provided stealth, range, performance, weapons load but instead we have the puny f35 that can’t do anything well. Our carriers will have to get within spitting distance to launch.