Talk:Iowa/@comment-36.80.253.242-20160229110313/@comment-21356142-20160229135336

Harpoons lack armour penetration as well, being that modern ships are not armoured.

Guns are better for anti-instalation purposes. Since shells are cheaper, far easier to reload then missiles, and offer much higher weight of firepower. Tomohawks can just be fired thousands of km away and hence probably strike during the air phase.