ISTR that the Government / MOD had NO contingency plans for what transpired in 1982 and the whole plan to retake the Falkland Islands had to be forged from essentially blank pieces of paper....
This sabre-rattling by Argentina may in fact be all very timely coming as it does just ahead of a general election and a SDR.
I only hope that this time the Government does have a contingency plan already drafted, to include both deterrence to disuade Argintina from taking military action (i.e. overt military re-inforcement) as well as plans to land troops to retake the islands if, for example, MPA was either captured by the Argies in an attack by SF or aerial mines or bombs put the runway out of action so preventing its use for re-inforcement. Even a few Argie SF with MANPADs would cause more than a few problems.....
MB