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  Barry.
  The Falklands War had nothing to do with what you suggest.
  The only reason why Argentine forces landed on the Falklands was due to British forces not being present there, not because we did not have the troops, ships and planes necessary.
  Even two modern warships and/or 12 Phantoms based at the Falklands would have deterred the Argentine fleet from getting to the shores of these islands of ours.
  
  The problem arose once the Argentine army set up base there.
  But as we all know, Britain's forces were able to dislodge even that.
  So it is not true that we did not have the military capability.
  But only a fraction of that force would have been required to repel an Argentine landing had it been stationed there before the invasion from Argentina.
  
  So your point there is refuted.

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