Could missile shortages bring naval guns back?

Could rapid missile expenditure and slow replacement produce a resurgence of gun-armed warships?

Potentially, but renewed interest depends on whether wartime urgency changes the willingness to pay for gun technologies and their engineering demands.

Railguns show why a technically manageable problem can remain unaffordable in peacetime. Barrel wear had expensive remedies, while electrical power remained the harder constraint unless a navy accepted something like nuclear propulsion. The war in Ukraine may change the assumptions behind those choices, although it was too early in this discussion to know whether the change would last. The exchange links weapon endurance to procurement culture without promising a simple return of the gun cruiser.