Could the present Royal Navy carry out a Falklands-style operation?
Short answerProbably against Argentina's current forces, but the task would absorb so much of the available fleet that Britain could do little else at the same time.
NotesFeasibility depends on the opponent being Argentina's existing force rather than its 1982 strength or a hypothetical force reinforced by another power. Britain could probably generate enough ships and aircraft for that narrower task. Doing so would concentrate scarce carriers, escorts, and support assets in one operation and leave little capacity for any other demand. A modern Falklands operation is therefore a force-generation problem as much as a comparison of individual ships and aircraft.