Agha Sher
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You're right, thanks for the correction.
But the carrier would still be moving at 30 knots because the Nimitz carriers are nuclear powered and therefore have effectively unlimited range. They will especially be moving at full speed and making erratic manoeuvres if they are being fired upon.
True - the aircraft carrier would manoeuvre at full speed if aware of an attack. However, what is also important is that the carrier group will need some time to discover the incoming missile and take action, therefore, even 5 km might be exaggerated in a realistic setting.
I am not worried about whether it can find the carrier (its a 100.000 tons metal block floating around), but rather how the missile and Iran will breach the various defence measures of the carrier and the carrier group?