1 or two Lynx HMA.8 can provide anti-submarine cover. But the 4 Sea Skua missiles that they can carry are a joke. What are these going to do against Argentina’s modified Type 42 Destroyer (with Exocet missiles), or 4 Almirante Brown class destroyers (8 MM 40 Exocet SSM). Even Argentina’s corvettes have better anti-ship capabilities.
What is their single T42 going to do against the SSN the Argentines claim we have down there ?
What is the entire Argentine navy, which you have listed in its almost entirety, going to do in an actual shooting war ?
The point is, its not a shooting war right now. If it was, it wouldn’t be a single T45 going down there so any discussion about a single ship being able to take on everything the Argentines have its a waste of your time.
What is their single T42 going to do against the SSN the Argentines claim we have down there ?
What is the entire Argentine navy, which you have listed in its almost entirety, going to do in an actual shooting war ?
The point is, its not a shooting war right now. If it was, it wouldn’t be a single T45 going down there so any discussion about a single ship being able to take on everything the Argentines have its a waste of your time.