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A Virginia-class CGN would anchor a Falklands picket line

A Falklands counterfactual asks how Britain would use an available Virginia-class nuclear cruiser.

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Question

How would Britain use a Virginia-class cruiser in the Falklands War?

Short answer

It would likely anchor the air-defense picket line.

Notes

The cruiser would sit in the air-defense picket line, either at the center or anchoring one end. A large radar-and-missile combatant could organize the task force's outer screen.