Vertical Launching System - Systems in Use By Nations

Systems in Use By Nations

Australia
  • Adelaide class frigate - Mk 41 (8 cells)
  • Anzac class frigate - Mk 41 (8 cells)
Belgium
  • Karel Doorman class frigate - Mk 48 Mod.1 (16 cells)
Canada
  • Iroquois class destroyer - Mk 41 (29 cells)
  • Halifax class frigate - Mk 48 (16 cells)
Chile
  • Karel Doorman class frigate - Mk 48 Mod.1 (16 cells)
People's Republic of China
  • Type 052D destroyer - (64 cells)
  • Type 052C destroyer - (48 cells)
  • Type 051C destroyer - (48 cells)
  • Type 054A frigate - (32 cells)
Denmark
  • Iver Huitfeldt class frigate - Mk 41 (32 cells) and Mk 56 (2 x 12 cells)
  • Absalon class support ship- Mk 56 (3 x 12 cells)
France
  • Charles de Gaulle (R91) aircraft carrier - SYLVER (32 cells)
  • Horizon class frigate - SYLVER (48 cells)
Germany
  • Sachsen class frigate - Mk 41 (32 cells)
  • Brandenburg class frigate - Mk 41 (16 cells)
Greece
  • Hydra class frigate - Mk 48 (16 cells)
India
  • INS Viraat - Barak 1 (2 x 8 cells)
  • Kolkata class destroyer - Barak 8 (2 x 32 cells)
  • Shivalik class frigate - Barak 1 (8 cells)
  • Talwar class frigate - 3M-54 Klub or BrahMos (8 cells)
Indonesia
  • Van Speijk class frigate - SS-26 Yakhont VLS (4 cells)
Israel
  • Sa'ar 5-class corvette - Barak 1 (2 x 32 cells)
Italy
  • Cavour (550) aircraft carrier - SYLVER (32 cells)
  • Horizon class frigate - SYLVER (48 cells)
Japan
  • Atago class destroyer - Mk 41 (96 cells)
  • Kongō class destroyer - Mk 41 (90 cells)
  • Hyūga class helicopter destroyer - Mk 41 (16 cells)
  • Akizuki class destroyer (2010) - Mk 41 (32 cells)
  • Takanami class destroyer - Mk 41 (32 cells)
  • Murasame class destroyer - Mk 41 (16 cells) + Mk 48 (16 cells)
Republic of Korea
  • Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyer (KDX-I) - Mk 48 (16 cells)
  • Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin class destroyer (KDX-II) - Mk 41 (32 cells) + K-VLS (32 cells)
  • King Sejong the Great class destroyer (KDX-III) - Mk 41 (80 cells) + K-VLS (48 cells)
Netherlands
  • De Zeven Provinciën class frigate - Mk 41 (40 cells)
  • Karel Doorman class frigate - Mk 48 Mod.1 (16 cells)
Norway
  • Fridtjof Nansen class frigate - Mk 41 (32 cells)
Portugal
  • Karel Doorman class frigate - Mk 48 Mod.1 (16 cells)
Russia
  • Slava class cruiser - Fort (64 cells)
  • Kirov class battlecruiser - Fort/Fort-M (96 cells) + Tor (192 cells)
  • Udaloy class destroyer Tor (64 cells)
  • Admiral Grigorovich class frigate - 3M-54 Klub or BrahMos (8 cells)
  • Admiral Gorshkov class frigate - 3M-54 Klub or P-800 Oniks (8 cells)
  • Neustrashimyy class frigate - SA-N-9 (4 x 8 cells)
  • Steregushchy class corvette - 3M-54 Klub (1 x 6 cells) or P-800 Oniks (2 x 4 cells) or Kh-35 (1 x 8 cells)
  • Gremyashchy class corvette - 3M-54 Klub or P-800 Oniks (1 x 8 cells)
Singapore
  • Formidable class frigate - SYLVER (32 cells)
  • Victory class corvette - Barak 1 (2 x 8 cells)
Spain
  • Álvaro de Bazán class frigate - Mk 41 (48 cells)
Thailand
  • Naresuan class frigate - Mk 41 (8 cells) on order.
Turkey
  • G class frigate- 8 cell VLS
  • Barbaros class frigate- VLS Mk 41 Mod.8
United Kingdom
  • Type 45 destroyer - SYLVER (48 cells)
  • Type 23 frigate - GWS.26 (32 cells)
  • Vanguard class - Ballistic Missile Tubes (B.M.T) (16 Cell)
United States
Surface
  • Arleigh Burke class destroyer - Mk 41 (96 cells)
  • Ticonderoga class cruiser - Mk 41 (122 cells)
Submarine
  • Los Angeles-class submarine - Mk 45 (12 tubes) for Tomahawk cruise missiles
  • Virginia-class submarine - Mk 45 (12 tubes) for Tomahawk cruise missiles
  • Ohio-class submarine, SSGN conversion - Mk 45 (154 tubes) for Tomahawk cruise missiles. 22 ballistic missile tubes were converted to allow for seven conventional VLS tubes in for each SLBM.

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