Originally Posted by General Sir Mike Jackson
We have a large international-sized airfield to allow for very rapid reinforcement by air, should circumstances so require. But I suppose I have learned in life, never say never. What if an Argentinian force was able to secure the airfield? Then our ability to recover the islands now would be just about impossible.
Not only would it deny us our airhead and sole operating base, it would mean the bad guys have two air bases on the islands. What oposition would Fuerza Aérea Argentina face if they had an interational sized airfield to operate from and we had none. Not even a flat top?
Sir Mike is seldom wrong.