Ahhh war history online have to say some of their writers can be a bit jubious bit like national interest, war is boring etc.
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the British put up little defence.
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According to the Argentines it was a good defense and cost them men and equipment including atleast 1 AMTRACK initially.
The outcome was always going to be surrender for the British forces given the overwhelming odds.
Unrealistic operation, not really there were war games done based around the Falklands and yes the majority came back unfavorably, however what wasn't in doubt was the logistical situation, the UK maintains (even to today) the largest strategical logistical network of any nation and yes that does include the USA (they use a lot of our network)
The Black buck raids were meant to be a show piece, a moral booster and to signal to Argentina that the UK meant business, in that respects it succeeded.
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Plans to attack the air base at Tierra del Fuego, on the Argentine mainland, were abandoned before they even began
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More of a political move than a practical one, reason being if they attacked the mainland then it opens up the conflict to a wider audience mainly countries sympathetic to Argentina and could result in them joining on Argentina's side.
The losses to the fleet were expected and if you hear Sandy Woodward speak at all (he has since passed) he has always said " We knew we were going to loose ships, it was a question of which ones and how many"
Moral from the argentine forces was not high a lot of those who were interviewed after the conflict recall a lot of incidents where they simply didn't want to fight, the cold hunger and waiting had got to them long before the British arrived.
There was also another big mis balance in that most of the troops Argentina fielded were conscripts while the British forces were professional soldiers.
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Conducting a war so far from home, the British could not easily be resupplied. By the end of the war, they were low on food and ammunition, many down to a handful of bullets. If the Argentine forces had held out a little longer, the British troops would have run out of resources with which to fight.
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While ammunition was low and food was low the reality was they were far from running out, a lot of people often forget that while the RFA helps supply the fleet and ground forces they are backed up by a substantial merchant fleet, by wars end there were ships in the supply fleet still laden with food and munitions to continue the fight for at least a month with other ships being readied to relieve. (from the case studies I've read).
The article seems a little thin on facts and doesn't really have much meat beyond the click bait adverts