First principles reasoning says the answer is yes, for the reasons you mention—in a fight against a peer adversary at least. But maybe there are some considerations I’m not aware of. I’m not a domain expert.
Carriers are still super valuable for modern war against non-peer adversaries. When the USA fights Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, etc. the carriers are well worth their cost, I would bet.
You may be interested in Bean (Naval Gazing)’s essays on whether the carriers are doomed. I don’t find them convincing myself but I do recognize he knows way more about this than me.
EDIT: Also, in a war against a peer adversary carriers would still be useful if they stayed out of range of enemy missile and plane swarms. There’s a whole globe to fight over, after all. Carriers could project power to the regions that are far away from the homelands of both nations.
First principles reasoning says the answer is yes, for the reasons you mention—in a fight against a peer adversary at least. But maybe there are some considerations I’m not aware of. I’m not a domain expert.
Carriers are still super valuable for modern war against non-peer adversaries. When the USA fights Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, etc. the carriers are well worth their cost, I would bet.
You may be interested in Bean (Naval Gazing)’s essays on whether the carriers are doomed. I don’t find them convincing myself but I do recognize he knows way more about this than me.
EDIT: Also, in a war against a peer adversary carriers would still be useful if they stayed out of range of enemy missile and plane swarms. There’s a whole globe to fight over, after all. Carriers could project power to the regions that are far away from the homelands of both nations.