After seeing a lot of post about carriers vs close combat ships, I have come up with the ideal of combing LRM with carriers, and making them one ship. I know this is a major game change, but this is the ideal. Carriers are long range warship, and LRM are middile range warships. By putting them together, you would have a long and middile range warship. In other words just give the carriers the long range weapons of the LRM.

This would mean that in a comb. arms fleet battle, that the carrier LRM could strike at long range, and then when the enemy close the gap, would be able to give missile fire support to HC in there fleet, much like how must people use the LRM to support the front lines. This would allow for long range firepower for the fleet at long range, and close in fire support ar close range. This would remove carriers from hit and run ships to comb. arms support ships.