Any discussion of this scenario that omits the fact that we now have a strategic airfield on the Flaklands, with fighters, strike & recce aircraft either immediately available or on short call, is silly. If our intelligence cannot give us sufficient warning to reinforce the islands, we might as well pack up. The mind boggles at the intelligence failure involved in a no-warning landing "one dark and stormy night". The Foreign Secretary's head rolled last time. Next time it must be the PM's plus Chairman of JIC, S of S and probably CDS!