Sensors and submarine screening in a battleship surface action

In the Red Fleet surface action, finding the opposing force first is treated as a major British advantage. Rebuilt cruisers with autoloading 6-inch guns could overwhelm lighter opponents and damage a battleship's exposed sensors if they approached closely enough. The frigates could contribute gunfire, but their position around the force would also protect against submarines. One participant argues that the scenario's Argentine submarines could not intervene in an action moving at more than 25 knots. The reply is that a British commander would still plan for submarines because their possible presence is the dangerous assumption. A later comparison adds Britain's much larger proposed Exocet salvo to its advantages. The ships, refits and engagement belong to the counterfactual campaign.