Michael Peck
Land-based, anti-ship missiles have not been America's friend. They keep the U.S. Navy from operating close to hostile coasts, such as Russia, China and Iran. And just as important, they make it much harder for the U.S. Marines to conduct amphibious assaults in vulnerable landing craft.
But irony of ironies, now it's the U.S. Marine Corps that wants anti-ship missiles. The Marines have put just published a request for ideas on how to develop weapons for a coastal defense system.
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/here-why-the-us-marines-want-their-own-anti-ship-missiles-23040
