Carriers are very slow compared to missiles. Between the time the missile is launched and impact there will only be around ~6km in radius to the set of points w

Carriers are very slow compared to missiles. Between the time the missile is launched and impact there will only be around ~6km in radius to the set of points where the carrier coule he. China is making unmanned submarines and aircraft capable of targeting a carrier. It doesn't matter if your drone is shot down, for it to be shot down it's probably already close enough to detect the carrier. Same for a submarine.