I would think that ASAT and anti-ballistic missile weaponry would be much more advanced especially in the V1 timeline - with the Cold War never ending or maybe only taking a short break at most you would see development continuing uninpeded on those weapons right up to the war
that could explain for the survival of some of the carriers if those weapons were deployed in time
or fire everything you have, using the Aegis system to focus every SAM you have on the approaching warhead's track and hope you get lucky before it detonates
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