Editing Multiple rocket launcher (section)

{{Short description|Rocket artillery system capable of launching multiple rockets in quick succession}}
{{Redirect|MLRS|the U.S. Army system known as "MLRS"|M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System}}
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[[File:HIMARS - missile launched.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|[[M142 HIMARS]] launching a GMLRS rocket at the White Sands Missile Range in 2005]]
A '''multiple rocket launcher''' ('''MRL''') or '''multiple launch rocket system''' ('''MLRS''') is a type of [[rocket artillery]] system that contains multiple [[rocket launcher|launcher]]s which are fixed to a single [[weapons platform|platform]], and shoots its [[rocket (weapon)|rocket ordnance]] in a fashion similar to a [[volley gun]]. Rockets are self-propelled in flight and have different capabilities than conventional [[artillery]] [[shell (projectile)|shell]]s, such as longer [[effective range]], lower [[recoil]], typically considerably higher [[payload]] than a similarly sized gun artillery platform, or even carrying multiple [[warhead]]s.

Unguided rocket artillery is notoriously inaccurate and slow to reload compared to gun artillery. A multiple rocket launcher helps compensate for this with its ability to launch multiple rockets in rapid succession, which, coupled with the large [[blast radius|kill zone]] of each warhead, can easily deliver [[saturation fire]] over a target area. However, modern rockets can use [[GPS]] or [[inertial guidance]] to combine the advantages of rockets with the higher accuracy of [[precision-guided munition]]s.