What the Soviet bloc learned about British resolve

What did the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact learn from the Falklands War?

They learned that Britain retained more willingness to fight at long range than Soviet planners had expected.

Soviet observers did not expect Britain to mount and sustain the campaign. The unexpected decision to fight therefore carried a deterrent message beyond the South Atlantic. It demonstrated that apparent post-imperial retrenchment did not eliminate British willingness to use force for a distant commitment. The exchange adds political resolve to the material lessons commonly drawn from 1982.