The People's Liberation Army Navy now has over half as many missile tubes, or VLS cells, as US Navy surface combatants have. That represents a significant uptick from a few years ago, a new ...

The SM-6 Block IB, one of the U.S. Navy's future time sensitive strike weapons soon to be fielded, has been put on hold due ...

The report says the U.S. Navy has 8,400 VLS cells distributed across 85 surface ships, including its 74 Arleigh-Burke-class destroyers, two of its three Zumwalt-class destroyers (one active), and ...

The most common VLS user is the American Burke class destroyer, with 90 VLS cells. There are currently 74 Burkes in service and by the 2030s there should be over 90 of them. At that point there will ...

-It allows rearmament of MK 41 VLS cells during underway replenishment. This innovation is seen as crucial for future conflicts, especially against near-peer adversaries like China, where ships ...

Since 1982, over 11,000 VLS cells have been installed in nearly 200 American and foreign warships. The most common VLS user is the American Burke class destroyer, with 90 VLS cells. The first ships to ...

Sailors onboard USS Chosin (CG-65) complete a demonstration of the Transferable Rearming Mechanism VLS Reloading At-Sea with the USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) on Oct. 11, 2024 in the Pacific ...

The Sea Ceptor system and cold-launch silos of the Type 23 frigates will carry over to the new Type 26 City class frigate, but the new frigates will also be equipped with Mark 41 VLS cells for ...

The Japanese government has given an iron clad guarantee that it can deliver a fleet of new multi-purpose frigates on time ...

North Korea's new class of warship can accommodate dozens of vertical launch cells to carry missiles its military has already developed, analysis of a satellite image showed, a step that would ...

The number of VLS cells on the new submarine (each cell holds one missile) could be between four and eight. They might load with missiles that are too large to fire from torpedo tubes, ...

The US Navy has long held a missile-tube advantage over China. But China's ships now have half as many vertical-launch-system cells as the US, research found. VLS capacity is important for naval ...