The IRIS-T SL vertical launching system

The VLS cells on board USS San Jacinto.

A missile is loaded in to a Vertical Launch Cell aboard USS McCampbell.

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Derived from the launch systems developed for ballistic missiles aboard SSBNs, a VLS forms a scaled-down equivalent for launching cruise missiles such as the Tomahawk, surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), and the Standard missile. The system enables SSNs (nuclear-powered attack submarines) to carry more weapons in addition to their torpedo tubes. More significantly, VLSs allow both submarines and surface combatants to have more weapons ready for firing at a given time than with other launching systems such as the Mk 12 twin-arm launcher, which was fed from behind by a 46-round below main deck magazine on 1960s era guided missile frigates and cruisers. The drawback to a VLS is that, unlike torpedo tubes, it cannot be reloaded at sea without significant support from ships such as a submarine tender or a trip to a submarine base. Diagram of V-2, the first ballistic missile. ... It has been proposed below that SSBN be renamed and moved to Ballistic missile submarine. ... A Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile of the Luftwaffe A cruise missile is a guided missile which uses a lifting wing and most often a jet propulsion system to allow sustained flight. ... The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile with stubby wings. ... Akash Missile Firing French Air Force Crotale battery Bendix Rim-8 Talos surface to air missile of the US Navy A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. ... The Standard Missile is a type of surface-to-air missile (SAM) originally developed for the United States Navy. ... SSN is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings: Social Security number (United States), an identification number used by the U.S. Social Security Administration. ... A submarine tender is a type of ship that supplies and supports submarines. ...

VLSs have found a role in Aegis-equipped surface ships on the USS Lake Champlain, a Ticonderoga-class Aegis guided missile cruiser, launched in 1987 The Aegis combat system is an integrated missile guidance system used by the United States Navy. ...

• US Navy's Arleigh Burke
• U.S. Ticonderoga class cruisers
• Japanese Kongō and Korean KDX-III class destroyers
• Spanish Álvaro de Bazán and
• Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen class frigates.

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• Four Canadian Tribal class Destroyers (retrofit)
• The German Navy's Sachsen class and Brandenburg class frigates . Also the future F125 class frigates will be fitted with a VLS.
• U.S. Spruance class of destroyers
• UK Royal Navy's Type 23 frigates and Type 45 destroyer
• ANZAC class frigates of the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy . A VLS is currently being retro-fitted to four of its Adelaide class frigates)
• The 4 "De Zeven Provincien" class frigates/destroyers of the Royal Netherlands Navy
• Korean KDX II class destroyers
• People's Liberation Army Navy's Lanzhou class destroyer and Type 051C destroyer
• Indian Navy's Talwar (Krivak III) class frigates.
• The Israeli Navy's Sa'ar 5 class corvette. (Barak 1)
• The Russian Navy's Kirov class heavy missile cruiser, Slava class cruiser, Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier and Udaloy class destroyer. (S-300PMU and 9K311 Tor, P-700 Granit)
• The French Navy's Charles De Gaulle, Horizon class frigates, and FREMM multipurpose frigate; export versions of the La Fayette class frigates also feature vertical launching systems, which could be retrofitted to the French units.

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Hot launch and cold launch

Western VLSs have the missile cells arranged in a grid with one lid per cell and are "hot launch" systems, i.e. the engine ignites within the cell during the launch, and thus requires complex exhaust piping for flames and gas, while Russia produces both grid systems and a revolver design with more than one missile per lid, and the People's Republic of China uses a circular "cold launch" system that ejects the missile from the launch tube before igniting the engine. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The advantage the hot-launch system has over the cold-launch system is that it utilises the missile's own engine to propel the missile out of the launching cell, and this reduces the weight, the size, maintenance requirement, and the initial production cost of the system. The cold-launch system, in contrast, needs power sources other than that of the missile's own to propel it out of the cell, so additional space, weight, maintenance and cost are added.

The advantage of the cold-launch system is in its safety: should the missile engine malfunction while the warhead is armed to detonate during firing, the hot-launch system would be doomed, but the cold-launch system can still eject the missile out of the cell and eliminate or reduce the threat. For this reason, Russian VLS is often designed with a slanted angle instead of being perpendicular so that when the malfunctioned missile is ejected, it would fall into the water instead of landing on the deck. Another advantage of the cold-launch system is in its low life cycle cost of the launching tubes: since the engine starts within the tube in a hot-launch system during launches, the tubes of the hot-launch system can only sustain a limited number of launches, after which the tube must be replaced. A cold-launch system, in contrast, can last much longer because the tubes are not subject to the extreme heat blasts like that of the hot-launch system, because in the cold-launch system, the engine does not start until after the missile was ejected out of the tube.

International VLS types

Europe

Aster 15 SYLVER launchers on the Charles de Gaulle

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SYLVER

The SYLVER vertical launching system manufactured by DCN is being deployed on a wide range of European naval vessels, and like most western designs, it is a hot-launch system. Like the USA Mk 41 VLS, the Sylver VLS incorporates a shared flame and gas exhaust system, i.e. several launching cells share a single flame and gas exhaust system. Aster 15 SYLVER launchers on the Charles de Gaulle The SYLVER is a vertical missile launcher designed by DCN. The primary application of the launcher has been the MBDA Aster missile. ... Direction des Constructions Navales (DCN) is based in France and is one of Europes leading shipbuilders. ...

The primary application of the launcher has been the MBDA Aster missile. The SYLVER, together with the Aster, is the primary component of the PAAMS naval anti-air warfare system to be fitted to British Type 45 destroyers and French and Italian Horizon class frigates. France's Charles de Gaulle nuclear aircraft carrier is fitted with four 8-cell SYLVER launchers carrying the MBDA Aster 15. The SYLVER has a higher maximum rate of fire than any other vertical launch system currently in service: it only takes 150 milliseconds to fire a missile. Aster is a family of surface-to-air missiles manufactured by Eurosam, a European consortium consisting of MBDA France, MBDA Italy (combined 66%) and the Thales Group (33%). // The Aster family was developed to perform three distinct missions: Naval autodefence — using the Aster 15 surface-to-air anti-missile missile... The Principle Anti Air Missile System (PAAMS) is a joint French/Italian/British program for a naval anti-aircraft weapon. ... The United Kingdoms Type 45 destroyer is the state-of-the art air defence destroyer programme of the Royal Navy. ... The Horizon Common New Generation Frigate (CNGF) is a multi-nationial collaboration to produce a new generation of anti-air warfare frigates. ... The Charles de Gaulle (R91) is the tenth aircraft carrier in service with the French Marine Nationale, and the first French nuclear surface vessel. ... One millisecond is one-thousandth of a second. ...

The French Navy has initiated studies to convert the SCALP EG missile to be capable of launch from the SYLVER. This missile, the SCALP Naval, would give France a land attack capability in the mould of the U.S. Tomahawk missile. It would also be attractive to the Royal Navy. Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French air-launched cruise missile, manufactured by MBDA and used by Britain, France, and Italy. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... A Tomahawk cruise missile The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile with stubby wings. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...

Sea Wolf

The Royal Navy utilises the GWS 26 VLS (Vertical Launch Sea Wolf) version of the Sea Wolf SAM aboard its Type 23 frigates. This is a 32 cell VLS mounted on the foredeck just behind the 114 mm (4.5 in) gun. This system, like all other western designs, is a hot-launch system. Unlike the Mk 41 VLS of USA, Sea Wolf VLS has a different flame and gas exhaust system in that each individual cell has its own flame and gas exhaust system: each cell contains four flame and gas exhaust pipes which are arranged between the control surfaces of the Sea Wolf SAM, and as a result, the Sea Wolf VLS is limited to launching Sea Wolf only, and thus less versatile than the Mk 41 VLS of USA or the French Sylver VLS. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... Type surface-to-air Nationality UK Era Cold War Launch platform ship Target missile, aircraft History Builder BAe, MDBA Date of design Production period Service duration 1979 - Operators UK, Brazil and Chile Variants Electronics; GWS-25, GWS-26, GWS-27 Vertical Launch Number built Specifications Type Diameter 0. ... The Type 23 frigate is a class of warship serving with the Royal Navy, also known as the Duke class. ...

United States of America

Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers utilize their VLS systems to launch Standard missiles during a live fire exercise

The current generation of American-produced VLS is known as the Mk 41 Vertical Launch System. It is capable of carrying an extremely wide range of missiles, including the Sea Sparrow naval self defense, short range SAM, SM-2 medium range/long range SAM/SSM, VLA anti-submarine missile with Mk-46 torpedo warhead, very similar to the ASROC, and the Tomahawk cruise missile (long range strike, an anti-ship version used to exist). There are also plans to increase the number of missiles it is capable of carrying. Image File history File links 031200-N-0000X-001 At sea aboard USS Hue City (CG-66) Dec. ... Image File history File links 031200-N-0000X-001 At sea aboard USS Hue City (CG-66) Dec. ... The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers, one of the destroyer classes of the United States Navy, is built around the Aegis combat system and the SPY-1D multi-function phased array radar. ... A M4 Carbine is in the forground and the M16A2 in the background in the hands of these two Marines during a live fire exercise in 2003 A live fire exercise is any exercise in which a realistic scenario for the use of specific equipment is simulated. ... A RIM-7 Sea Sparrow being launched from the USS Essex (LHD-2) The AIM-7 Sparrow is a medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile operated by the USAF, US Navy, and USMC as well as various allied air forces. ... The Standard Missile is a type of surface-to-air missile (SAM) originally developed for the United States Navy. ... An older Matchbox ASROC launcher, phased out in the 1990s ASROC (for Anti-Submarine ROCket) is an urgent-attack, all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system, developed by the United States Navy, and installed on over 200 surface ships, generally cruisers and destroyers. ...

For American surface ships, VLS replaced the Armored Box Launcher system and the Mk 13 single-arm & Mk 26 twin-arm missile launcher system that were previously used by United States Navy ships to fire missiles. All US Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers and the remaining 22 active duty Ticonderoga class guided missile cruisers utilize VLS-type launchers. Because of the practicality of the Mk 41 VLS, other US surface ships that had Armored Box Launchers or other horizontal firing systems have been retrofitted with VLS (the first five Ticonderoga class ships were not so refit, and they were prematurely decommissioned from 2004-05). In addition to surface ships, all Virginia-class submarines and USS Providence and later Los Angeles-class submarines have had VLS systems installed. The maximum rate of fire is one missile per second. USS Iowa. ... The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers, one of the destroyer classes of the United States Navy, is built around the Aegis combat system and the SPY-1D multi-function phased array radar. ... Ticonderoga class cruiser is a class of warships in the US Navy, first ordered and authorized in FY 1978. ... The Virginia class (or SSN-774 class) of attack submarines are the first U.S. subs to be designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions around the world. ... USS Providence (SSN-719), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Providence, Rhode Island. ... The Los Angeles-class attack submarines (SSN) are the most numerous class of nuclear powered submarines built by any nation, and form the bulk of the U.S. attack submarine force as of 2007. ...

Raytheon and BAE are currently developing the next generation of the vertical launch system, designated the Mk 57, for use in the DDG-1000 class destroyers and future ships. The most notable difference between the MK 57 and the Mk 41 will be the MK 57s ability to shoot missiles from peripherally placed VLS cells, theoretically reducing the number of missiles lost in the event of a hit and also reducing the chance of vessel loss from a hit (there is also the possibility that the peripherally-placed missiles will be useful as a form of explosive reactive armor). Mk. 57 is considerably less efficient, however, in terms of tonnage use, as the Zumwalt design carries 80 missiles on a 14,000 ton ship, versus 90-122 on a 10,000 ton ship for Arleigh Burke and Ticonderoga. The latest edition of the NAVAL INSTITUTE GUIDE TO WORLD NAVAL WEAPONS SYSTEMS, page 600 reports that that Standard Missiles can be quad-packed in the single Mk. 57 VLS cell which suggests that the 80 cells in the "Zumwalt" design can carry (in theory) a total of 320 Standard missiles, The DD(X) is a future class of United States Navy destroyer. ... This article or section should include material from Explosive reactive armour Reactive armor or explosive reactive armour (ERA), is a type of armour used primarily on tanks to lessen the damage from explosions caused from missile warheads, exploding shells, grenades, or dropped bombs. ...

The VLS has been designed into Littoral Combat Ship proposals. The Littoral Combat Ship is the first of the U.S. Navys next-generation surface combatants. ...

Russia

Russian heavy cruiser Kirov has multiple VLS systems for her missiles

The Soviet/Russian SA-N-6 Grumble fitted to the Kirov-class and the Slava-class uses a revolver-style VLS. The SA-N-6 Grumble VLS utilises cold launch method by adopting a coal-gas ignition system: the coal-gas within the ignition chamber directly below the cell ignites and thus sets the piston into motion, resulting in the SAM being ejected out of the cell. The system adopts a revolver design in which a cell contains 8 launching tubes, each containing a single missile, so that during the launch, the cell has to be rotated into the position in order to launch the SAM that is to be fired. In case of the failure of the ignition of the rocket motor after the missile has been ejected, the launching tubes are tilted 5 degrees instead of being absolutely perpendicular, so that the missile with the failed motor would not fall back onboard. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... A single S-300-PM missile TEL ready to fire. ... The RFS Pyotr Velikiy is a Kirov class battlecruiser of the Russian Navy. ... The Slava class cruiser, Soviet designation Project 1164 Atlant, is a large conventionally-powered warship, currently operated by Russia and Ukraine. ... A single S-300-PM missile TEL ready to fire. ...

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The SS-N-19 Shipwreck/P-700 Granit is also a VLS missile, fired from below-deck tubes on the Kirov-class and the Oscar class submarine. These tubes are angled due to the length of the missile, and thus not strictly vertical launch, but the system otherwise meets the definition. The P-700 Granit (Russian: ; English: ) is a Soviet and Russian naval anti-ship missile. ... Radars: Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar on foremast Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar on main mast 2 × Palm Frond navigation radar on foremast Sonar Horse Tail VDS (Variable Deep Sonar) Fire control: 2 × Top Dome for SA-N-6 fire control 4 × Bass Tilt... Oscar class submarine The Soviet Union’s Project 949 (Granit) and Project 949A (Antey) submarines are known in the West by their NATO reporting names: the Oscar-I and Oscar-II classes respectively. ...

People's Republic of China

Chinese cold VLS

PLAN Type 052C Lanzhou class destroyers (DDG) were the first Chinese ships to have a VLS. The system is an improvement of the Russian SA-N-6 SAM VLS and uses the same coal-gas ignition method. The Chinese VLS eliminates the revolver design by providing separate lids for the launch tubes, which are each capable of independently firing the missile inside because each has a coal-gas ignition chamber directly below. The Chinese Navy claims this results in simplified maintenance, decreased size, weight, and cost. Furthermore, due to the elimination of the revolver mechanism, the power consumption is reportedly reduced as well. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 487 pixelsFull resolution (1820 × 1108 pixel, file size: 194 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This reduced quality image is from the promotional material (advertise) of China Ship Building Industry Group, with all rights reserved. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 487 pixelsFull resolution (1820 × 1108 pixel, file size: 194 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This reduced quality image is from the promotional material (advertise) of China Ship Building Industry Group, with all rights reserved. ... The Type 052C Lanzhou-class is a class of destroyer built by the Peoples Republic of China. ...

External links

• Federation of American Scientists, Mk 41 VLS: