If HMS Invincible were lost in the Falklands

What would happen to the Royal Navy if HMS Invincible were sunk during the Falklands War?

Britain would probably retain its other light carriers and be pushed toward a larger fixed-wing-AEW carrier much earlier.

Illustrious and Ark Royal would still complete, but the political lesson of a lost carrier would centre on the absence of fixed-wing airborne early warning. Helicopter-mounted radar could mitigate the gap without fully replacing a Hawkeye-type aircraft. The loss would create pressure for a new, larger carrier and a complete strike group rather than only another Invincible. A ship begun in the mid-1980s could remain in service into the 2020s and delay the next replacement cycle. The casualty would reshape British carrier design for a generation.