Editing Vertical launching system (section)

===NATO===
In 2021, the Centre for Military Studies published the total number of VLS cells in use with fourteen NATO navies. The results are displayed below.

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|+ Vertical launch system cells of 14 NATO navies in 2020 (Centre for Military Studies)<ref name="CMS">{{cite web |last1=Stöhs |first1=Jeremy |title=How High? The Future of European Naval Power and the High-End Challenge |url=https://cms.polsci.ku.dk/publikationer/hvor-hoejt-fremtiden-for-europaeisk-maritim-militaermagt-og-udfordringen-fra-stigende-kapacitetstaerskler/CMS_Report__2021_1_-_How_High_-_The_Future_of_European_Naval_Power__updated_15_FEB_2021_.pdf |website=Centre for Military Studies |publisher=Djøf Publishing |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
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! Country !! Ship classes and approx. number of VLS cells !! Total !! Strike length VLS cells for sea-launched cruise missiles (SLCM)
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| {{USA}} || 
*74 × 90/96 {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|1}}
*9 × 122 {{sclass|Ticonderoga|cruiser|1}}
*2 × 80 {{sclass|Zumwalt|destroyer|1}}
|| 8,158 || 8,700+ arsenal of SLCM. VLS and BFM on submarines ''not'' included.
|-
| '''Europe total''' || - || '''2,392''' || '''688'''
|-
| {{UK}} ||
*6 × 48 [[Type 45 destroyer]]
*13 × 32 [[Type 23 frigate]]
|| 704 || -
|-
| {{FRA}} ||
*2 × 48 {{sclass2|Horizon|frigate|1}}
*6 × 32 [[FREMM multipurpose frigate|''Aquitaine''-class frigate]]
|| 288 || 6 × 16 = 96 [[MdCN|SLCM]] deployed on ''Aquitaine'' class
|-
| {{DEN}} || 
*2 × 36 {{sclass|Absalon|support ship|1}}
*3 × 56 {{sclass|Iver Huitfeldt|frigate|1}}
|| 240 || 3 x 32 = 96 / No SLCM
|-
| {{ESP}} || 
*5 × 48 {{sclass|Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|1}}
|| 240 || 5 × 48 = 240 / No SLCM
|-
| {{ITA}} || 
*2 × 48 {{sclass2|Orizzonte|frigate|1}}
*8 × 16 [[FREMM multipurpose frigate|''Carlo Bergamini''-class]] frigate
|| 224 || No SLCM
|-
| {{CAN}} || 
*12 × 16 {{sclass|Halifax|frigate|1}}
|| 192 || -
|-
| {{NED}} || 
*4 × 40 {{sclass|De Zeven Provinciën|frigate|1}}
*2 × 16 {{sclass|Karel Doorman|frigate|1}}
|| 192 || 4 × 40 = 160 / No SLCM
|-
| {{GER}} || 
*4 × 16 {{sclass|Brandenburg|frigate|1}} 
*3 × 32 {{sclass|Sachsen|frigate|1}}
|| 160 || 3 × 32 = 96 / No SLCM
|-
| {{TUR}} ||
* 2 × 8 {{sclass|Barbaros|frigate|1}}
* 2 × 32 [[Barbaros-class frigate|''Salih Reis''-class]] frigate
* 4 × 8 {{sclass2|G|frigate|1}}
|| 122 || -
|-
| {{GRE}} || 
* 4 × 16 {{sclass|Hydra|frigate|1}}
|| 64 || -
|-
| {{NOR}} ||
* 3 × 8, 1 × 16 {{sclass|Fridtjof Nansen|frigate|1}}
|| 40 || -
|-
| {{BEL}} || 
*2 × 16 {{sclass|Karel Doorman|frigate|1}}
|| 32 || -
|-
| {{POR}} || 
*2 × 16 {{sclass|Karel Doorman|frigate|1}}
|| 32 || -
|-
|}
Note: The above table does not include NATO navies which do not possess vertical launching systems, namely Albania, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Slovenia.