That is pretty old, but that system doesn’t protect against a nuke near the carrier. It only prevents the radiative contamination from sticking to the decks.
Navy scum like me still had to go out and scrub it off and over the side of the ship.
No, the carriers only defense was to remain far out to sea hidden. Once a carrier is located, it is very easy to kill.
The carrier’s days were over as soon as countries like China started to launch their own real time satellites. No more hiding unless you are willing to shoot down or take over their satellites ... and the Dems are pretty much preventing us from going there.
But the Red Chinese have no such qualms...
China hails satellite killer - and stuns its rivals in space