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That... wouldn't really do anything to a carrier unless it happens to be near shore for some unfathomable reason. A Tsunami doesn't actually become destructive until it hits shallow water. For a carrier out at sea, a Tsunami's just a long, fast-moving ripple that has no more effect than any...

Making BBs heavy hitters again would not mean there are no more escorts, destroyers, and submarines (arguably it does mean no more carriers).

The aircraft flies over the horizon and has a thin aluminum skin, hence can be lasered. The satellite is visible from the ground and has a foil skin, hence can be lasered. The battleship, by contrast, has armor four feet thick, uses the ocean as a heatsink, and laughs at lasers even if there...

Yeah, assuming the current crop of laser weapons like Iron Beam mature well, we could potentially see an era where missiles have near-zero chance of reaching the target intact and planes or drones never survive to even fire. At that point, "Lob a giant chunk of metal from below the horizon"...

Hmm, I can't see that the Red Sea is worthwhile though, in waters that constrained there's no advantage to specialized ships over having generalized aircraft based nearby that can do it. Fundamentally, battleships quit being viable because aircraft and missiles massively outrange big guns...

Perhaps counter-measures effective enough to futz with any guidance system that can fit/work inside a missile or aircraft, but not those that fit inside a Battleship?