Blue Marlin
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are your vls cold start or hot launch? the mk-57 is module that can facilitate any missile in the usn arsenal including the upcoming lrasm.The versatile VLS used by both Type 052D and Type 055 are larger and more advanced than the MK-41, it is technologically comparable to the coming MK-57, but still bigger than the MK-57 in term of dimension.
Just look how many cells the future USN warships have when they are using the MK-57.
DDG-1000: 80 VLS cells
ABIII: 96 VLS cells
also if your vls is better than the mk-41 then why is it bigger than the mk-57, yes i know your vls is for a lot of missiles some of them being large but so does the mk-57?
yes i do know china has vls cruise missiles, thanks for reminding mePeople will assume Chinese destroyer despite much bigger carries less silo than peer USN ship consider inferior or bad design. But Chinese designer has in mind giving bigger dimension of per silo for more room for upgrade and less restriction in terms of design and operation.