page_title: Vertical launching system
section_title: Systems in use by nations
hierarchical_section_title: Vertical launching system / Systems in use by nations
caption_attribution_description: English: Pacific Ocean (Nov. 9, 2003) -- Guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) steams in the Southern California operating area. Lake Champlain is operating with the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Carrier Strike Group, conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in preparation for an upcoming deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jayme Pastoric. (RELEASED)
context_page_description: A vertical launching system is an advanced system for holding and firing missiles on mobile naval platforms, such as surface ships and submarines. Each vertical launch system consists of a number of cells, which can hold one or more missiles ready for firing. Typically, each cell can hold a number of different types of missiles, allowing the ship flexibility to load the best set for any given mission. Further, when new missiles are developed, they are typically fitted to the existing vertical launch systems of that nation, allowing existing ships to use new types of missiles without expensive rework. When the command is given, the missile flies straight up long enough to clear the cell and the ship, and then turns on course.
  A VLS allows surface combatants to have a greater number of weapons ready for firing at any given time compared to older launching systems such as the Mark 13 single-arm and Mark 26 twin-arm launchers, which were fed from behind by a magazine below the main deck. In addition to greater firepower, VLS is much more damage tolerant and reliable than the previous systems, and has a lower radar cross-section. The U.S.
context_section_description:  Algeria
  El Radii class frigates – Umkhonto (32 cells)
   Australia
  Anzac-class frigate – Mark 41 Mod 16 (8 cells)
  Hobart-class destroyer – Mark 41 (48 cells)
  Hunter-class frigate – Mark 41 (Unspecified although the model from Pacific 2019 shows 32 cells)
   Belgium
  Karel Doorman-class frigate – Mark 48 Mod 1 (16 cells)
   Brazil
  Tamandaré-class frigate – GWS.35 (12 cells)
   Canada
  Halifax-class frigate – Mark 48 Mod 0 (16 cells)
  Canadian Surface Combatant – Mark 41
   Chile
  Karel Doorman-class frigate – Mark 48 Mod 1 (16 cells)
  Type 23 frigate –  GWS.26 (32 cells)
  Adelaide-class frigate – Mark 41 Mod 16 (8 cells)
   People's Republic of China
  Surface
  Type 055 destroyer – Concentric Canister Launch System (112 cells)
  Type 052D destroyer – Concentric Canister Launch System (64 cells)
  Type 052C destroyer – H/AJK03 HHQ-9 (48 cells)
  Type 051C destroyer – 48N6E (48 cells)
  Type 051B destroyer – H/AJK16 HQ-16 or Yu-8 (32 cells)
  Type 054A frigate – H/AJK16 HQ-16 or Yu-8 (32 cells)
   Denmark
  Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate – Mark 41 (32 cells) and Mark 56 (2 x 12 cells)
  Absalon-class support ship – Mark 56 (3 x 12 cells)
   Egypt
  Tahya Misr (FFG1001) – SYLVER A43 (16 cells)
   Finland
  Hamina-class missile boat – Umkhonto (8 cells)
  Hämeenmaa-class minelayer – Umkhonto (8 cells)
   France
  French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle – SYLVER (32 cells)
  Horizon-class frigate – SYLVER (48 cells)(+16 cells FFBNW)
  Aquitaine-class FREMM multipurpose frigate – SYLVER (32 cells)
   Germany
  Sachsen-class frigate – Mark 41 (32 cells)
  Brandenburg-class frigate – Mark 41 (16 cells)
   Greece
  Hydra-class frigate – Mark 48 (16 cells)
   India
  INS Viraat – Barak 1 (16 cells)
  INS Vikramaditya – Barak 1 (24 cells) and Barak 8
  Kolkata-class destroyer – Barak 8/Barak 1 (32 cells) and BrahMos (16 cells)
  Delhi-class destroyer – Barak 1 (32 cells)
  Rajput-class destroyer – BrahMos (8 cells) and Barak 1
  Shivalik-class frigate – Club or BrahMos (8 cells) and Barak 1 (32 cells)
  Talwar-class frigate – Club or BrahMos (8 cells)
  Brahmaputra-class frigate – Barak 1 (24 cells)
  Godavari-class frigate – Barak 1 (24 cells)
  Kamorta-class corvette – Barak 1 (16 cells)
  Arihant-class submarine – K-4 or K-15 (8 cells)
   Indonesia
  Bung Tomo-class corvette – VL MICA (16 cells)
  Martadinata-class frigate – VL MICA (12 cells)
  Van Speijk-class frigate – Yakhont VLS (4 cells)
   Israel
  Sa'ar 5-class corvette – Barak 1 (2 x 32 cells)
   Italy
  Italian aircraft carrier Cavour – SYLVER A43 (32 cells)
  Horizon-class frigate – SYLVER A50 (48 cells)(+16 cells FFBNW)
  FREMM multipurpose frigate – SYLVER A50 (16 cells)(+16 cells FFBNW)
   Japan
  Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer – Mark 41 (16 cells)
  Kongō-class destroyer – Mark 41 (90 cells)
  Atago-class destroyer – Mark 41 (96 cells)
  Maya-class destroyer – Mark 41 (96 cells)
  Murasame-class destroyer – Mark 41 (16 cells) +  Mark 48 (16 cells)
  Takanami-class destroyer – Mark 41 (32 cells)
  Akizuki-class destroyer – Mark 41 (32 cells)
   Malaysia
  Lekiu-class frigate - GWS.26 (16 cells)
   Morocco
  Mohammed VI – SYLVER A50 (16 cells)
   New Zealand
  Anzac-class frigate – Mark 41 (8 cells)
   Netherlands
  De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate – Mark 41 (40 cells)
  Karel Doorman-class frigate – Mark 48 Mod 1 (16 cells)
   Norway
  Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate – Mark 41 (8 or 16 cells)
   Oman
  Khareef-class corvette – VL MICA (12 cells)
   Philippines
  Jose Rizal-class frigate – (Korean Vertical Launching System/K-VLS) (8 cells) (FFBNW)
   Portugal
  Karel Doorman-class frigate – Mark 48 Mod 1 (16 cells)
   South Africa
  Valour-class frigate – Umkhonto 16 cells)
   Russia
  Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier – Granit (12 cells) + Kinzhal (192 cells)
  Kirov-class battlecruiser – Granit (20 cells) + Fort/Fort-M (96 cells) + Kinzhal (128 cells)
  Slava-class cruiser – Fort (64 cells)
  Udaloy-class destroyer – Kinzhal (64 cells)
  Neustrashimyy-class frigate – Kinzhal (32 cells)
  Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate – 3S14 for Kalibr or BrahMos (8 cells) + 3S90M for 9M317M (24 cells)
  Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate – 3S14 for Kalibr or Oniks (16 cells) + Redut system for different type of missiles (32 cells)
  Gepard-class frigate – 3S
caption: Top view of the Ticonderoga-class USS Lake Champlain with VLS visible fore and aft as the gray boxes near the bow and stern of the ship
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