Like C19fan said "Carriers are great for projecting power against enemies who cannot fight back".
Same with battleships against an enemy who could launch multiple Harpoon missiles against them. Even in the 1920's, battleships were vulnerable to bombs, as demonstrated by Billy Mitchell
The enemy has missiles designed to defeat the Aegis defense system.
SIZZLER
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M-54_Klub Read the Terminal Supersonic Flight section.
And SUNBURN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS-N-22