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Cold Launch vs. Hot Launch

Launching a missile isn’t as easy as pressing the red button. It takes a lot of engineering and science to ensure safe firing. In this article we will try to explain firing methods from Vertical Launch Systems (VLS). VLS use two different methods for firing.

A vertical launch system can be either hot launch, where the missile ignites in the cell, or cold launch, where the missile is expelled by…