You are so wrong.
When the nukes start flying, the missiles will come from the subs first. When we are nuked by a terrorist nation,, it will come from a sub-launched cruise missile.
When Taiwan is conquered by he Chicoms, it will only happen through the use of sea power. The Chicoms will use sea power for a major part of their attacks, and will use their sea power to keep the USA at bay--they are aggressively buying/building anti-ship missiles for their navy. Their navy is designed around fighting the US Pacific fleet.
If all-out nuclear war occurs, the first missiles will reach major targets from sub-launched cruise missiles that will give us little or no warning.
I agree with you. I was thinking more along the lines of WWII type naval battles.