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Indian Navy does not currently have a universal VLS (UVLS), thereby limiting the number and kind of weapons that can be deployed on board capital warships. The modular approach and hot launch capability are also missed on board Indian Navy's most powerful warships. Here is a look at UVLS of other Navies of the world:-
This thread will track the progress of and facilitate a discussion on the UVLS, the weapons that can be deployed, and the warships (current and future) the UVLS can be deployed upon.
Project 18 destroyers of the Indian Navy are going to have a tonnage of either 11000 or 8000 tons.
- US Navy
- Mk 41 VLS (0.635 m cannister diameter) [Hot launch only]
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Burke class: 96 Mk41 VLS; Ticonderoga class: 122 Mk41 VLS
- Mk 57 VLS (0.71 m cannister diameter) [Hot launch only]
- PLAN: CN VLS (0.85 m cannister diameter) [Cold and Hot launch capable]
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Type 055: 112 CN VLS; Type 052D: 64 CN VLS
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This thread will track the progress of and facilitate a discussion on the UVLS, the weapons that can be deployed, and the warships (current and future) the UVLS can be deployed upon.
Project 18 destroyers of the Indian Navy are going to have a tonnage of either 11000 or 8000 tons.
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