afaik the aspide launcher is reloaded from a magazin which is directly under the long range radar and the aft fire control radar. there is a large hatch which is lowered towards the launcher to close the distance to the launcher. the magazin with 16 missiles is than driven towards the launcher. afaik the hole process fully automated.

You may be right, looking at that earlier shot of Meko 360 from the rear, there is a door in the ‘box’ on which the rear STIR sits. There is a variant though which load from a lower deck. It’s the installation as on the carrier Guiseppe Garibaldi and Durand de la Penne DDG. Meko 200P and Meko 200T just have a launcher, no reloads, no reloading system.