You are imagining a conflict in which every defensive weapon performs as advertised, according to the manufacturer’s claims. Those weapons have not been battle tested, and there remain serious doubts whether they can perform as promised. Let us hope and pray that the defensive armaments aboard our main battle carriers - and their escorts - perform as promised.
“the defensive armaments aboard our main battle carriers - and their escorts - perform as promised.”
They’ve already been proven several times.
Most recently when the Houthi’s fired a supersonic Sunburn missile at a US DDG near the mouth of Persian Gulf. In fact two were fired and both shot down before they got within 5 miles.
It is considered the most advance missile threat in operation against US Naval ships.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-270_Moskit
Sure, China brags about a maneuverable ballistic missile, but nobody has seen it yet. And there’s no reason to believe it’s more effective.
You’re right, if Communist China ever sinks a U.S. aircraft carrier, one or two of dozens of nukes detonating over China, launched by one of our boomers right off their coast, might fail.