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.