From the UK (via airbridge....They practice it from time to time ...they can deploy an entire combat ready Infantry Battalion to the Falklands within 24 hours)....They can deploy additional fighters/ground attack aircraft within 8 hours, via Ascension island, and air-air re-fulling.
Forces in theatre
- Resident infantry company based down there (bout 200 Men strong).
- and the locals have their own defense force (bout 250 strong)
- 6 x Tornado F3 air-air fighters
- 1 x Sqn RAF regiment (bout 200 strong)
- 2 x Air defense squadrons (Rapier batteries)
- RAF search and rescue sqn (2 Sea-Kings)
- RN Frigate patrolling off-shore
- RN supply vessel
- -Plus 600 assorted military engineers/communications specialist/cooks -(The cooks are nails....and are often seen scrapping behind the mess coz somebody critised their food)
- I reckon theres also an attack sub patrolling the waters as well
so all in all the argies have no chance...especially when they come up against the cooks - they'd get battered, cooked and served up for lunch!