Sea Dart (Hansard, 13 June 1989)

§ Mr. Harry Greenway
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the efficiency of the Sea Dart missile system.

§ Mr. Sainsbury
The Sea Dart missile system meets or surpasses the performance and reliability criteria specified in the naval staff requirement (NSR 6502).

§ Mr. Harry Greenway
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if the Royal Navy will be entirely reliant upon the Sea Wolf system for air defence when the Sea Dart system is withdrawn from service; and how area defence will be provided.

§ Mr. Sainsbury
The Sea Dart system is expected to remain in service into the next century.

§ Mr. Harry Greenway
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the likelihood of the Sea Dart system becoming obsolete before the end of the service lives of the type 42 destroyers that carry it.

§ Mr. Sainsbury
As a result of assessments already undertaken, action is in hand to ensure the Sea Dart system continues to be effective and supportable until the ships in which it is fitted are phased out of service.