Coastal anti-ship missiles have made amphibious operations more dangerous without making them obsolete. Argentine forces possessed Exocet during the Falklands War, but British planning used geography, route selection, and countermeasures to reduce the threat enough to land and sustain the force. The enemy still gets a vote, and the Royal Navy's losses show that adaptation does not eliminate danger. The relevant standard is whether the fleet can manage risk well enough to deliver the Marines and Army formations that achieve the campaign objective.
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Coastal missiles complicate amphibious warfare without ending it
The Falklands campaign shows that geography, route choice, countermeasures, and accepting risk can work around anti-ship missiles when an amphibious objective still matters.