The Navy tried to make gunfire support work and it was a failure with Zumwalt class. The problem is that artillery is too short range, and modern missiles make

The Navy tried to make gunfire support work and it was a failure with Zumwalt class. The problem is that artillery is too short range, and modern missiles make getting close to shore too dangerous. The rocket-boosted guided munitions were super expensive especially since Navy developed their own and didn't use Army ones. He is half right about ballistic missiles and glide bombs. It should be possible to launch MLRS rockets from VLS cells. The GLSDB, which is rocket boosted glide bomb would be effective. The PrSM would also be effective for quick strike. The Navy doesn't seem to be interested, but the Marines have tried using HIMARS from deck of amphibious ship. He is wrong about ballistic missiles being cheaper. Cost and size seem to scale with range. The current hypersonic missiles are basically ballistic missiles with longer range glider on them.