Sixteen VLS cells are challenged as a new-frigate baseline

Could US frigates carry fewer VLS cells than European frigates with sixteen Aster cells?

A smaller battery is rejected in this assessment, which also considers the sixteen-cell older-design baseline insufficient.

The sixteen-cell comparison is associated here with older frigate designs. The reply rejects using it to justify an even smaller US battery and considers sixteen insufficient for a newly built frigate. It does not supply an alternative cell count in this particular exchange.