I could offer numerous reasons why this article is incorrect. However, I will offer this one salient point. If Supercarriers are such a drag on our Navy, why did the Chinese buy an aircraft carrier off of Russia to train on? And if they are so bad, why are the Chinese currently building aircraft carriers?
Now, you can make an argument that we don’t need super carriers like they are building now and perhaps build more smaller versions. I can see that as a discussion point, but to say carriers are obsolete is just plain ridiculous. When we can build planes that fly from America to anywhere in the world without in air refueling and be there in 1 hour to drop it’s payload, then perhaps we don’t need them. Until then, they are needed.
As for Lord Nelson’s quote about a ship attacking a fort, I wonder if he would change his mind if he had an aircraft carrier. They and submarines changed the whole character of naval warfare.
When Nelson made that statement, ships did not carry guns powerful enough to readily knock down fortress walls, while forts had guns much bigger than a ship could carry.
I wonder what his thoughts would be upon seeing a WW2 battle ship with 16" guns able to toss a 1,000 pound explosive shell several miles?