How the Royal Navy tested Falklands lessons in 1983

Has the United Kingdom sent a Falklands-sized task group to sea for training?

Yes, soon after the war, including a major 1983 exercise to test the lessons and new systems adopted from the campaign.

The Royal Navy did not recently reproduce a Falklands-sized task group because it no longer possessed the same number of ships. It did, however, conduct major exercises soon after the war. The 1983 exercise highlighted here was intended to test lessons identified during the campaign and the systems added in response. It is a useful reminder that institutional learning requires fleet-scale rehearsal, not only written after-action reports.