Would Sea Sparrow have improved Falklands air defence?

How would Sea Sparrow have performed on Royal Navy ships in the Falklands War against Exocet and fast jets carrying bombs, and could Sea Slug still do the job?

It would have been broadly comparable to Sea Wolf and much more useful than Sea Slug, but too few suitably equipped ships remained the central problem.

Sea Sparrow and Sea Wolf receive a similar assessment as third-generation missile systems, with comparable limitations in this period. Additional ships carrying Sea Sparrow could therefore have strengthened Falklands air defence, while first-generation Sea Slug offered much less value. The fleet's shortage of modern close-range systems remains the central problem. Years of North Atlantic concentration left it poorly equipped for inshore operations. The Royal Navy had identified the requirement, but the procurement explanation given here is that the government expected Norwegian support to protect ships operating on NATO's northern flank.