The proposed program comprises four enlarged Invincibles, four Bristol-type missile cruisers, and twelve to sixteen Type 42 destroyers. Sea Dart and Sea Wolf are sought for both the aviation ships and the Type 42s to combine area and close-range defence. Each group would also receive about six anti-submarine frigates. Four such groups are intended to keep one available for amphibious support and another for Atlantic operations while the remaining ships are unavailable. A participant offers keeping Tiger and Blake deployable as a smaller alternative, citing their automatic 6-inch and 3-inch guns. That contribution is a proposed way to reduce losses, rather than a demonstrated guarantee of victory.
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Building repeatable carrier and escort groups
The preferred fleet combines four aviation cruisers with missile cruisers, improved destroyers, and anti-submarine frigates so the Falklands capability exists as repeatable groups rather than a single improvised force.