Mk 143 Armoured Box Launcher

History

Before the advent of VLS, the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile needed a surface ship launch platform. First a concept of a angled quadruple launcher, similar of those with AGM-84 Harpoon, was studied. But a new launcher system name the Mk 143 Armoured Box Launcher was developped and used operationally. They were added to some refitted US NAVY vessels in the 1980s, such as the Iowa class Battleships.

Used on

• CGN-9 (Aegis conversion)
• CGN-38 to CGN-41 (Virginia class cruisers)
• BB-61 to 64 (Iowa class in their 1980s refit)
• DD-974 (Spruance class DD)

Affiliated systems

links to other components that use these pages, for example:

• Tomahawk Land Attack Missile
• RGM-84 Harpoon

Part description

The part is all above deck (bolt on) In the image, 5 views are shown: right, left, front, back and top. A firing position is also depicted.