so what would the british forces do in the following hypothetical situation?

there is intelligence on possible attack. it may come within hours, surely within 24 hours – there is no time for additional assets to be brought to the theatre. Those three radars and four typhoons are everything the islands have. (plus rapier unit radars but im imagening theyre worthless in early warning scenario)

keeping two planes in the air may be possible but would two planes be enough? single plane in the air is surely possible to organize over a 24 hours period, but a single plane cant really be enough, as it cant cover all the approaches, even if its radar could detect targets 300 km away.

then we have the option of having planes sitting on the runway, engines on, prepped and ready, being topped up with fuel while engines on. This seems like the best bet.

is there another option ive missed?

of course it can but there are many situations where either putting regular troops on the front line or infiltrator squads in enemy territory are not a possibility. in todays age, not having self sufficent capability of seeking out and lasing targets seems like a huge defficiency for a warplane.

What do you mean when you say “dardo has terminal guidance as well”? Do you mean it has additional mode of terminal guidance as well as GPS guidance? If so, what kind?

Will Pucaras and/or Pampas be integrated with carrying dardo bombs?

Does dardo use gps signal exclusively or does it also use Glonass signal?

I apologize if i am boring, but the recconeissance bit is also very important to me – is there any info on current recce capability of argentinian air force?

Also, Ive been looking into various sources on total inventory of AAF and now i am inclined to think that AAF has managed to cobble up enough of mirages III, mirages V, daggers, fingers (whatever theyre called now) for a full squadron of 24 units. Is that correct?

Lastly, are there any news about new Pampa production? How far along is that project? Is there a publicly announced timetable for the whole project? How many will be produced by, say, 2014?

Ive got several new questions concering AAF.

1.) Historic question. Why didnt the AAF use the A-4 skyhawks from the port stanley airport during the falklands war? Its runway of 4500 feet was more than enough for decent air operations with the said type. Was the reason political? Was it logistical? Or was it out of fear that those planes would be lost due to bombing runs or other attacks?

2.) What sort of recce pods does the AAF operate today? Do they have any sort of recce resources which would enable the pilot/copilot to review the footage and direct the plane more precisely AND send the footage via datalinks to the third party (not necesarily in real time, but at least sending the photographs in digital form in matter of seconds?)

3.) how far along is dardo II development? Ive seen some footage from second half of last year where it was shown tested on A4, Mirage III and even twin bombs on super etendards, as well as test footage of it being dropped out of a flying plane.

3b.) Is dardo II made purely out of off the shelf consumer grade electronics? How resiliant is its GPS guidance? Would it be safe to assume it does not use directional nullers like JDAMs to make it more resilient to jamming?