seems the USA does not know, if few ships are hit or carrier is damaged, what to do next!
The U.S is a powerful military, the most powerful, so it's right and reasonable to be fearful
But projecting power is difficult
Their is no defendable base the U.S has that Iran can't overwhelm if it wants to
The other option is the carrier groups and they indeed can be used as a floating base to fire missiles at Iran,
But they they are not invulnerable, and are at risk of being overwhelmed by repeated drone and missile strikes
They can't just sail up to Iran and start firing, they need to give Iran space and remain outside of irans anti ship missiles and drones
The U.S and Israel have no easy answers for iran and the region from Pakistan to Saudi to Turkey to Iraq etc are against a attack
All this and domestic and economic fallout and a severe weather front in the U.S, protest's and pressure are all adding up
For Iran, if it can get through another few years, it can then replenish any lost missile stocks
It can build new missiles
Address it's short comings in A.D and Air Force
And hopefully iraq and Syria can address some of their security issues so Israel can't just abuse their air space without consequences