Playing devils advocate here....
I’m sure the Chinese will be deploying similar ones on every outcropping and artificial island in the south China Sea. It would be a way to keep us out of there. Area denial. It would be too risky to our assets.
Same with the Russians. Weren’t the Russians harassing one of our destroyers 30 miles off the coast of Crimea with their jets? I doubt we would come that close to the coast if there were a few batteries of those missiles there. At least not during any kind of potential hostilities.
What about strategic chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz? Heck, they could sell a few to the Iranians just to p1ss us off. Just like they did with their AA missiles. Even if we could shoot them down, we would have a hard time defending all of the shipping through there.
All in all, another dangerous weapon that shouldn’t be taken lightly.
In peacetime you don’t normally shoot cruise missiles at other country ships in international waters.