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A Sea Dart path for the Tiger-class cruisers

Timing makes a domestic Sea Dart installation more plausible than importing Terrier or Talos for the rebuilt Tigers.

Question

Would a general-purpose Tiger conversion use Terrier or Talos missiles?

Short answer

Because the rebuilds and Sea Dart development overlapped in the mid-1960s, the Tigers were more plausible as early Sea Dart test beds than as users of American systems.

Notes

Alex places the Tigers' major rebuilds around 1964 and Sea Dart design work in 1963. That proximity suggests the ships as early adopters or test beds for a domestic system. He regards this as more likely than Terrier or Talos, without providing a detailed installation or fire-control design.