I guess one concern would be that the Chinese get targeting coordinates from other than their own ISR - like traitors.
Then those missiles could deliver a barrage of nuclear warheads (they use the big multi-megaton types), coming in at mach 9.
Hopefully, they will never be able to get targeting info through computer hacking,
...or through analyzing communications emissions,
...or through deploying a fenceline of covert passive sensors, or in some surprising way.
But then hope really isn’t a course of action.
“those missiles could deliver a barrage of nuclear warheads (they use the big multi-megaton types), coming in at mach 9.”
if they feel like starting a nuclear war.... then yeah. But then the loss of a carrier is small potatoes. That’s when a trident or two alone sends China back to the stone age. (roughly 70 years ago for them)
take out a carrier and it is the finish for a few Chinese cities....MAD...