) 5 ▁was ▁built ▁as ▁a ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁St ark ▁incident ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁ ▁The ▁( V ) 5 ▁incorpor ated ▁a ▁compact ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁( V ) 3 ▁system ▁intended ▁to ▁give ▁active ▁jam ming ▁cap ability ▁to ▁the ▁Perry ▁class ▁FF G ' s , ▁which ▁were ▁too ▁small ▁to ▁carry ▁a ▁full ▁( V ) 3 . ▁ ▁All ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁SL Q - 3 2 , ▁with ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁the ▁( V ) 4 , ▁are ▁inter fac ed ▁with ▁the ▁M K 3 6 ▁Dec oy ▁La unch ing ▁System , ▁able ▁to ▁launch ▁ch aff ▁and ▁inf ra red ▁de co ys ▁under ▁the ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁SL Q - 3 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁number ▁and ▁arrangement ▁of ▁M K 3 6 ▁launch ers ▁installed ▁depends ▁on ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁ship , ▁r anging ▁from ▁two ▁launch ers ▁on ▁a ▁small ▁combat ant ▁to ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁ten ▁on ▁an ▁aircraft ▁car rier . ▁ ▁A ▁growing ▁number ▁of ▁systems ▁are ▁being ▁upgrad ed ▁to ▁incorpor ate ▁the ▁multi - n ational ▁M K - 5 3 ▁N ul ka ▁system . ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁mod ular ▁design ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁allow ▁up gr ades ▁of ▁the ▁system ▁from ▁one ▁variant ▁to ▁the ▁next ▁by ▁simply ▁installing ▁additional ▁equipment ▁as ▁required . ▁Starting ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁a ▁program ▁was ▁begun ▁to ▁upgrade ▁all ▁SL Q - 3 2 s