VLS-equipped multipurpose attack submarine

A VLS-equipped multipurpose attack submarine is a type of attack submarine that is equipped with vertical launching system (VLS). The submarine type designed for attacking and sinking other submarines, surface combatants, and merchant vessels with torpedo tube-launched torpedoes and cruise missiles, as well as being able to attack enemy land targets and surface combatants with VLS-launched cruise or ballistic missiles. This type of submarine is a hybrid between attack submarine and cruise-missile submarine and/or ballistic missile submarine. The submarine type prioritizes both the hunter-killer role and the VLS-launched cruise or ballistic missile strike role instead of primarily focusing on one segment. Both of the Russian Navy and the United States Navy are going to replace previous generation nuclear powered attack submarines and cruise missile submarines with the VLS-equipped multipurpose attack submarine type.
The Russian Yasen-class submarine is the first submarine of this type and is followed by the American Virginia-class submarine.
Operators
Active classes
*Yasen-class submarine (Russia)
* (USA)
*Project 77-class submarine (India)
*SSN-AUKUS (UK)
*Type 093B (China)
*Kawasaki build Next-generation Submarine (Japan)<ref name="Kawasaki Heavy Industry unveils new submarine concept with VLS"/>