Rear end of a Sea Dart Surface-to-air missile launcher pictured on the now decommissioned HMS Newcastle during a visit to Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East England on 9th September 2001.

Technical information of the Sea Darts can be seen @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Dart_missile

"Sea Dart or Guided Weapon System (GWS) 30 is a British surface-to-air missile system designed by Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and built by British Aerospace (BAe) from 1977.

It was fitted to the Type 42 (UK and Argentina) and Type 82 guided missile air defence destroyers and Invincible class light aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy."

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