Would Ark Royal, Phantoms, and airborne early warning have won the Falklands War within a fortnight?
Short answerThey would likely have won the air battle faster and reduced losses, but troops still had to land, defeat the garrison, and complete the ground campaign.
NotesThe answer rejects a purely air-centric reading of the war. Better fighters and AEW would have protected shipping and may have preserved Atlantic Conveyor, improving mobility ashore. Yet the Argentine garrison still required defeat, and the answer also clarifies the separate carrier, amphibious, land, and overall task-force command roles.