Jacko
I have heard several posters say that we would not need carriers to fight another Falklands scrap, but your above post is shocking!
Can you please tell me how the runway would be of any use for AD, or anything else in defending the Falklands?
Oh, and just in case it's not blindingly obvious, please allow for the fact that ANY sensible enemy would put it out of action prior to any invasion (on the basis it is our only means of FW aircraft launch).
I think that I have been very naive in believing that you were assuming we would use runways from within Chile etc.