U.S. Navy destroyers and cruisers needing to leave the ongoing battle against Iran-backed Houthi rebel missile and drone ...

These VLS cells have both cold and hot launch capability ... radars mounted on the superstructure and four X-band radars ...

A warship's VLS cells can carry various missiles, from air-defense interceptors to anti-ship missiles to land-attack weaponry. Ships are often outfitted with a mix of weapons for increased mission ...

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 research ...

January 10, 2025: Back in the 1990s the U.S. and Chinese navies both experimented with using TRAM, or Transportable Re-Arming Mechanism for reloading the Vertical Launch System or VLS cells that are ...

the warship will likely be armed with anti-air and anti-surface missile capabilities, and these weapons will likely be deployed in vertical launching system (VLS) cells.

and antiship—strengthens a warship's capacity to address multiple threats while maximizing onboard space. The report says the U.S. Navy has 8,400 VLS cells distributed across 85 surface ships ...

These VLS cells have both cold and hot launch capability ... making it the first Chinese warship with dual-band planar radar arrays. Its hull-mounted sonar can be enhanced by towed active array ...