General Caine needs to be interrogated under oath in Congress and Trump/Vance/Kegsbreath need to be next.
The article is a bit sensational and largely outdated in some concepts.
Carrier groups have certainly gone through modernization and are layered in ways to account for swarms.
There have been many simulations and gaming since then. One of such even predicted Iran attacking regional partners which eventually brings in US forces.
This isn't to downplay the loss of life or how preventable this all was.
Instead just pointing out some of the highlighted conclusions don't take into consideration post mc02 exercises that allow red team autonomy and not being overly scripted. Also that Iranian A2/AD, swarms, high speed boats etc isn't something that would be overlooked and without contingency in 2026.