A sixteen-cell Mark 41 vertical launching system provides the baseline armament example. Quad-packing gives a capacity of 64 missiles of the ESSM type, with four missiles per cell. An alternative is sixteen Standard Missiles or other weapons suited to the cells. These loading examples illustrate capacity without establishing an individual frigate's actual load or weapons integration status.
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What sixteen Mark 41 cells can carry
A sixteen-cell Mark 41 example contrasts 64 ESSM-type missiles with sixteen larger missiles, showing why cell count alone does not describe magazine capacity.