A vehicle-mounted missile launcher would need hangar space, maintenance and handling arrangements aboard a carrier. The assumed arrangement is an MLRS-style vehicle, whose specific form is an interpretation of the proposal rather than a design identified in the quoted review. Space assigned to that vehicle would reduce the number of aircraft the carrier could accommodate. Containerized missiles on a hired commercial ship are offered as a preferable way to keep launchers off the carrier, despite an explicit criticism that this would also be inefficient in force strength and force generation.
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Carrier missile vehicles and the cost in hangar space
A presumed vehicle-mounted missile launcher would compete with aircraft for hangar space and add maintenance, prompting an alternative involving a hired container ship.