Nation to nation communication is different.  WMD made it different.  Why did our President choose to conduct a punitive strike while w/ the Chinese?  Also to send a message.  He can chew gum and walk at the same time.  That was the message.  Unlike the former president who started the war in Libya and doesn't get a mention in the news.  So your contention is that the Navy missed?  I don't know.  Firing a missile out on the ocean moving in space in four dimensions, then the rockets have to actually fire, then the uplink to the satellite for the inertial nav system to kick in, then the failsafe recall ping back to the rocking boat, then travel over water (can you say propagation problems?) w/ no distinguishing features to correct course, then go over land stealthily so it doesn't get shot down (they don't fly supersonic, you see), terrain match their course so they fly in the right direction,  (cont.)