While anyone with a brain knows we eventually have to take out the launch sites/ships, in the meantime this is great experience for the sailors, pilots, etc. You can train, and train, and train. When you get to put your training in action with live enemy fire, well, those sailors manning the consoles, computers, instruments that make all of it possible will become instructors some day.
Sometimes it is said those who cannot do, teach. In this case, the doers become the best teachers.
Back when this country was run by racist white males we used extreme measures against pirates. We have become kindler and gentler.
In my case, all it took was flunking my first ARTEP...great learning experience, I learned what I could get away with on an evaluation. I had 3 platoons during my first two years, all 3 of my platoon sergeants had at least one tour in Vietnam. Damn, they were good men and fantastic teachers.
I learned a valuable lesson from my brothers at a remote Nike-Hercules site. In the event a battery failed its Nuclear Surety Inspection (a very rare event), the entire chain of command was relieved on the spot: Battery, Battalion, and Group Commanders. That was some real pucker factor!