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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I don't think they would have even if they increased resistance.
What the British accomplished was considered impossible at the time, the British Submarines far outclassed anything that the Argentines had and the Argentine Navy was not proficient with anti-submarine operations.
the American's had also committed the Iwo Jima with a full complement of Harriers if needed.
The British had a distinct disadvantage in Air cover with 40 operational Harriers against Argentina's air force of 122 operations air superiority fighters.
The British Task Force was a two carrier task force, yes they were escort class carriers but still carriers.
the British Marines really outclassed anything that Argentina had at the time.
Once the Belgrano was sunk Argentina pretty much retired its navy from the battlefield.
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I think had the Argentinians prepared a viable runway for the super etandards and Mirages on the Island they could have dominated the air which would have made everything impossible and enabled them to challange the task force further out in the Atlantic, plus put a considerable force on the islands to challange a landing the task force would have been in trouble, the Argentinians just never thought the Brits would come at them.
The Mirage was far supiorior to the harrier in an air to air role, the argies should have found a way to use this huge weakness in the Brit arsenal, instead they left them on the mainland and essentially fought with half their arsenal.