PC/WI: Type 63 or Type 85 Combo's instead of Type 64 in Falklands '82?

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Gone Fishin'
Due to a lack of a CIWS carried by RN Type 42's they were sometimes paired with a Type 22 giving them an unofficial "Type 64" designation.

There was some success using this when the HMS Glasgow and HMS Coventry Combo's shot down several aircraft. Unfortunately due to system failures, Coventry was sunk and Glasgow had to be removed from combat after bombs struck her amidships seriously damaging her power plants.

Although the SeaCat carried by the majority of RN vessels was classed as obsolete by 1982, from what I've gathered from reading about the conflict, despite it never being designed for the Southern Ocean weather, it never had a system failure from firing unlike both SeaDart & SeaWolf (broken missile locks, salt ingress covering the missile rails and launch doors stopping launches etc).

As it was sub-sonic it was incapable of chasing Argentine aircraft who attacked RN vessels, especially in San Carlos where there was little warning before an attack due to the high terrain.

What if a Type 21 was paired with a Type 42 giving a "Type 63" Combo instead or even paired with both a Type 42/22 Combo giving a "Type 85"?

I'm thinking that SeaCat could be used as a "last ditch" after SeaDart & SeaWolf as in both cases with Coventry's and Glasgow's Combo's, they were sailing close to the coast but far enough away for SeaCat to engage oncoming aircraft thus negating the limited capability of the system as target aircraft were flying straight down the Type 21's throat.

Would this work?

Regards filers.
 
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