Striking targets from the sea is presented as a longstanding naval task rather than an invention of the missile age. Aircraft and long-range missiles changed the reach and methods available, while shore bombardment and amphibious operations supplied older precedents. Modern combat therefore becomes fleet against fleet against shore, with land-based aviation and other coastal forces joining the maritime fight. That continuity explains why Gorshkov treated joint action and attacks ashore as normal parts of sea power.
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Modern naval war is fleet against fleet against shore
Longer-ranged weapons changed how fleets attack land, while joint action against shore targets remained a familiar naval function.