[tanknetter]

If the British had possesd a single CV or CVN, the Argentinian aircraft would not have gotten within striking distance of the British fleet.

Actually, it has been hypothesized that had the RN had a CV (even the old Ark Royal with her Phantoms, Buccs and Gannetts) Argentina wouldn't have even thought of making a play for the Falklands.

The VSTOL carriers actually fared pretty well in the Falklands ... the big limiting factor was lack of organic AWE&C, something that was quickly rectified by bolting an AEW radar onto the side of Sea King helicopters. Altho the modified Sea Kings didn't make it into service in time for the Falklands, they (now having been upgraded several times)are still an integral part of the RN CVLW. In fact, in North Atlantic exercizes where an Invincible was pared with a US CVBG, there were cases where atrocious sea states kept the USN E-2C Hawkeyes chained to the deck, but where the Sea King AEWs could operate with impunity.

[Spandau]

All your carrier are belong to us.

The Sunburn combines a Mach 2.5 speed with a very low-level flight pattern that uses violent end maneuvers to throw off defenses. After detecting the Sunburn, the U.S. Navy Phalanx point defense system may have only 2.5 seconds to calculate a fire solution - not enough time before the devastating impact of a 750 lb. warhead. Besides Russia, the PRC and Iran are known to posess Sunburn.