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TSR2 was a bit of a brute so I am not sure if Port Stanley airport could have taken it but the 4,000 ft tarmac runway could take a P1154 using its vectored thrust to STOL.[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Stanley_Airport[/URL]On CVA01, assuming she had entered service in about 1974 as planned I am not sure whether CVA 02 would have survived.the post 1973 global economic crisis. Eagle might have lasted until about 1980 but probably not.But as you say, CVA01 or even a hanging-on Ark Royal would have had Phantoms able to work with Gannet AEW to increase the air defence zone considerably.The Bucs were optimised for strikes against Kiev and co with Martels or WE177. The RAF might have been using Bucs too in some scenarios so they might provide suitable ordinance.
TSR2 was a bit of a brute so I am not sure if Port Stanley airport could have taken it but the 4,000 ft tarmac runway could take a P1154 using its vectored thrust to STOL.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Stanley_Airport[/URL]
On CVA01, assuming she had entered service in about 1974 as planned I am not sure whether CVA 02 would have survived.the post 1973 global economic crisis. Eagle might have lasted until about 1980 but probably not.
But as you say, CVA01 or even a hanging-on Ark Royal would have had Phantoms able to work with Gannet AEW to increase the air defence zone considerably.
The Bucs were optimised for strikes against Kiev and co with Martels or WE177. The RAF might have been using Bucs too in some scenarios so they might provide suitable ordinance.
