[sinsofsolarempirefan]

They don’t look much of a match against Euro fighters, and by the time they’re ready to use them, the carriers should be operational. Assuming the deal goes through. In any case, the Argies couldn’t build up a force capable of taking the islands without attracting the attention of British intelligence, who would react by heavily reinforcing the islands within 24 to 48 hours.

[tanknetter]

They don’t look much of a match against Euro fighters,

Yeah, the four Tiffies on the Falklands would pretty much eat the Su-24s for breakfast. Then the RN would respond by peppering a few Argie targets with submarine-launched Tomahawks. I think using those nifty carbon-filament warheads to drop the Buenos Aires power grid for a couple/few days would send a nice message.

What the Brits should do is deploy their Sea King AEW helos to the Falklands to provide better-range AEW&C for the Tiffies. Give them a lot more response time and allow them to engage inbound Argie sorties while they're much further out. Without a real carrier the Sea Kings aren't going to much use anyways.