Ok so the skill 'cruise missile specialization' says that it gives a 2% bonus per skill level to the rate of fire of "launchers requiring cruise missile specialization"...my launchers (and i think they're the best in the game, right?) are caldari navy cruise launchers, and they don't require 'cruise missile speciailization'...SOOOOO does this mean that I will not receive any bonus if I train this skill??? Its many days to train cruise missiles to V and if cruise missile spec doesn't give me a bonus then I want to train other stuff first (I can see how tech 2 launchers for pvp may be worthwhile, but I'm using this char purely for running missions atm).... Whats the real deal here???

exactly what it says on the tin, it only affects the RoF of launchers that require cruise missile specialization.

yea, the specialization skills only effect t2 launchers. BUT faction launchers are usually better still. Only problem is, u cant use t2 ammo in faction launchers. Only t1 and faction.

You need the spec on lvl 5 for it to be any good compared to faction launchers, and it will take you a lot of time to train it. If you get blown up a lot, t2 launchers are a lot cheaper to buy though.