A shared vertical launcher for Sea Dart and Sea Wolf

What is the preferred alternative development path for Sea Dart?

A late-1970s push toward vertical-launch Sea Dart and Sea Wolf is proposed, potentially changing later Type 42s and their replacements.

The scenario gives the two missiles a shared vertical-launch approach before later Type 42s enter service. Batch 3 ships are the clearest candidates, while Nottingham is tentatively suggested as an earlier possibility. With both area and point defence on one destroyer, replacement orders after the Falklands might favour more Type 42s. An illustrative magazine of 48 Sea Darts and 24 Sea Wolfs would also establish a higher baseline for the next class. The build dates, integration and procurement consequences remain counterfactual.