MH, Hi,
It was clearly obvious (from the very early days) that RAF Stanley could not be developed into a major international terminal (civil and/or military) – the ‘real estate’ just did not exist.
There therefore needed to be found an airfield site which could be (a) used for Island defence, and (b) availaible (and be defensible) to fly-in military re-inforcements – in the event they were required. Thus RAF Mt Pleasant.
Modern financial problems have not lessened the threat. Any possible Argentina Govt could go for it again as a reason for taking the citizens of Argentina away from their real internal financial problems and into ‘blue sky’ approach of winning back the Malvinas (same like Spain and Gibraltar!).
We are, thus, into international politics; and here, Oh Wise One. they don’t always compute with those of us who live in the real world!
Rgds
Resmoroh

Ahhh, good old Port Stanley. The runway was so short the place was almost an aircraft carrier on dry(ish) land. The poor old Flatten’ems used to have to take the wire every landing there. It’s also the only place I’ve seen an Islander on the approach with a ground speed of about 35 knots or less (carrying a good bit more power than normal approach settings) pick up to about 70 in the blink of an eye when the wind suddenly dropped to almost zero. That in itself is an unusual occurrence on the islands, there’s always a bloody wind down there.
I’m amazed at the winds FIGAS operate the Islanders in, I certainly wouldn’t want to.