One Ford-class carrier group will destroy several Chinese carriers without breaking a sweat.
Nimitz-class carrier groups are better than anything China has, also.
I am not worried about PLAN, much. Their subs are dangerous and have good chance of bagging a carrier. But if it’s a carrier battle they want, by all means, bring it on.
I am worried about the PLA’s DF-21D and DF-26 anti ship ballistic missiles. If they work, they’re a potential game changer.
I am also worried about the damage to the USN’s professional skills over the last decade or so. We have taken naval supremacy for granted for far too long.
There is only one Ford class carrier that is commissioned.
The second carrier (the Kennedy) has not been commissioned yet.
Sure, we should think of Chinese carriers as equivalent to US America-class assault ships -- intended to land troops, not to fight the next Battle of Midway.
What worries our FRiends here are mythological Chinese hypersonic AI missiles which can seek out our carriers from thousands of miles away and instantly vaporize them before we even know there's a war on -- sort of like Pearl Harbor updated.
I'm only saying our side is not entirely helpless against such fearsome mythological weapons.
One thermal-targetted ICBM will knock out an American Aircraft Carrier without breaking a sweat. And the resulting nuclear plume of a sinking American carrier on CNN will cause sweating on the part of our ambivalent leadership.