It must be true when they say the military is fighting the next war with obsolete weapons. Aircraft carriers is one big fat target for cheap missiles.
A CV by itself may not seem like a good platform, but consider this. Each American CV(N) is carrying around 90 combat aircraft capable of neutralizing most targets within their range. Those targets that are out of range of these aircraft still have to contend with the carrier’s escorts, which usually consist of one or two guided missile cruisers, two to three guided missile destroyers and one or two nuclear submarines. I don’t know if modern carrier battlegroups stil contain an anti-submarine frigate or not, but the central point remains the same. Attacking a modern carrier is nearly suicidal unless you do so with massive numbers of weapon systems.
Carriers are still large targets, but not nearly as easily destroyed as you seem to think. There’s been several times in the past that the Carrier has been written off as obsolete because of submarines and missiles, but they’re still here.
your cheap missiles can only knock them out... if you know they are there in the first place.
our sub net has loads of holes after 3 years of no funding.
and we rely heavily on our satellites for reconnaissance... and the chinese have already demonstrated the ability to knock down orbiting satellites from the ground.
as for those saying china wouldn’t attack us... b*llsh*t.