UK Carrier Strike Group to Train in Philippine Sea with Multinational Allies
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The UK Royal Navy’s (RN) Carrier Strike Group will participate in a series of multinational exercises in the Philippine Sea in August.
The UK Carrier Strike Group led by the RN’s newest Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, is making its first operational deployments in 2021 and will travel 26,000 nautical miles to the Indo-Pacific. A US Carrier Strike Group will also take part in the exercises along with the US Pacific Fleet and US Air Force.
The navies and air forces of Australia, France, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea will also participate in the exercises which will feature the largest concentration of F-35 jets anywhere in the world. Participating navies and air forces will undertake a series of integration exercises designed to enhance interoperability.
“The involvement of the UK’s fifth generation Carrier Strike Group in this significant series of exercises right across the Indo-Pacific region highlights the renewed importance we place on the UK’s long-standing defence and security relationships with our valued partners and allies in the region,” UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said in a release.
The UK will also permanently assign two Offshore Patrol Vessels, HMS Spey and HMS Tamar to the Indo-Pacific at the end of August 2021. A Littoral Response Group (LRG) will also be deployed in the region in the coming years.
