Why Talos cannot simply return in a Mark 41 cell

Could the United States revive Talos and place it in Mark 41 VLS?

No. Talos is too large and depended on multi-part below-deck assembly, making it fundamentally incompatible with a modern Mark 41 cell.

Talos would not fit a Mark 41 cell, and the historical weapon was assembled from three separate units in a workshop below its launcher. That handling arrangement prevents treating it as a complete round ready to place in a modern VLS cell. The panel discusses the missile's ambitious performance for the 1950s and mentions its nuclear-warhead version, while rejecting a revival of the original system. Talos's historical capabilities do not make its physical dimensions or handling equipment compatible with Mark 41.