A modern carrier battle as a contest of scouts, missiles, and range

What might a modern carrier battle look like?

It would combine scouting aircraft, target-sharing, and long-range missile strikes from both escorts and carrier aircraft, with detection and engagement range deciding who fires effectively first.

The viewer imagines aircraft scouting and marking targets while escorts and strike fighters launch missiles at long range. Historical and fictional analogies help describe the resulting dispersed fight. Midway supplies the reconnaissance-and-first-strike problem, while the Falklands adds missile warfare and contested targeting. The carrier battle would be a networked struggle over detection, reach, and coordinated weapons rather than a close formation gun duel.