I tried to locate any data or graphical representations of how the Mk2 Sea Dart (the one that was planned for Type 43 destroyer) could look, but apparently without success.
Are there any? What where the differences with the original missile and how should it have looked, especially if adopted...
The saga of the Royal Navy's carriers after 1966 has been the main focus of interest here, but the workhorse of the RN then as now was the frigate.
By the 1970s the RN had plans to replace its Type 12 Leander class frigates with the larger all missile armed Type 22.
Leanders were designed...
1970s
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alternate history
anti-air warfare
anti-submarine warfare
anti-surface warfare
area air defence
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asw
cold war
escort vessel
frigates
great britain
late 1960s
north atlantic treaty organisation
royal navy
Artist's impression of FREMM Extended Range (ER) dedicated to air defense missions to be unveiled at Euronaval 2012.
Source:
http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=644
This design was a double ended design with Sea Dart and Sea Wolf launchers fore and aft and the helicopter deck amidships.
Did any other country look at amidships helicopter decks?
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anti-air warfare
anti-submarine warfare
area air defence
cold war
destroyer
great britain
royal navy
sea harrier
surface-to-air missile
vstol carriers
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