UK after defeat in Falklands War?

A warship is a pretty small target. They would be much harder to hit with unguided bombs from higher up. That's quite apart from Sea Dart, and, in San Carlos, Rapier.

Some of the bombs dropped from low level did go off, and the Argentines did monkey with the bombs themselves - just not very effectively.

That's the danger of using foreign-built equipment. it's not the only argentine failing of this sort - a big of their problem was that they didn't have the expertise to adjust lots of different equipment that the had.
 
True, I'll give you that. Okay, issue 2 isn't the best POD for putting things in Argentina's favor. We do still have multiple points for the junta to pull this off though, especially if we push the kickoff point forward by a couple of months. The arrival of additional Exocets alone would shift things considerably.
 

Archibald

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The involvment of France and the EU in cutting off arms shipments and financial aid to Argentina was of crucial importance. Had a mere six more Exocet missles arrived...

An example is that, late April as the British Task Force sailed past Brittany Armée de l'Air Mirage IIIE, together with Aeronavale Super Etendard, mounted false attacks to train the British defences to similar Argentina aircrafts that awaited them at the Falklands.
 
An example is that, late April as the British Task Force sailed past Brittany Armée de l'Air Mirage IIIE, together with Aeronavale Super Etendard, mounted false attacks to train the British defences to similar Argentina aircrafts that awaited them at the Falklands.

I find that oddly heartwarming. Vive l'Entente!
 
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