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Future royal navy carrier battle group6/20/2023 The AW101 Merlin Mk4s also provided Royal Marine Commandos on-board intra-theatre lift and amphibious air manoeuvre for littoral operations. Leonardo’s AW159 Wildcat and AW101 Merlin Mk2 helicopters kept watch over the carrier group and the surrounding seas, ensuring the ships and their crews were well protected from enemy submarines, surface ships, aircraft and missiles. Leonardo was proud to support the CSG through its role as strategic partner to the UK MOD and one of the UK's leading equipment suppliers to the UK armed forces. From May through to December 2021, the group travelled over 25,000 nautical miles and visited over 40 countries as a symbol of the UK's contribution to global defence, diplomacy and prosperity.Īfter taking part in NATO exercises off the coast of Scotland with her sister ship the HMS Prince of Wales, the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier joined the rest of the UK Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) – comprising 9 ships, 32 helicopters and jet aircraft and some 3,700 sailors, aviators and marines – to set sail from Portsmouth late on Saturday 24 May. The ship later joined the rest of the carrier group en route to Asia.ĭon’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp.The Carrier Strike Group (CSG21) spearheaded by the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier was the UK's largest fleet of Royal Navy warships to deploy internationally since the 1982 Falklands conflict. The UK, which does not recognise Russia's annexation of the Crimea, insisted HMS Defender was in legitimate waters off Ukraine. Last month, Russia issued strong protests at what it said was a British destroyer's violation of its territory in the Black Sea. In addition, the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels HMS Spey and HMS Tamar will start a permanent deployment to the Asia-Pacific region next month, supported by ships from Australia, Japan and Singapore. "We will respect China and we hope that China respects us," he said, stressing: "We will sail where international law allows." "It's no secret that China shadows and challenges ships transiting international waters on very legitimate routes," he told The Times newspaper. Wallace defended the deployment on a visit to Tokyo earlier this month. "We will be confident, but not confrontational." Noting comments made in parliament in April by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, the ministry spokesperson said: "We are not going to go to the other side of the world to be provocative." HMS Queen Elizabeth has been coordinating exercises with the navies of India, Malaysia and Singapore in recent days, and is due to pay visits to five Japanese ports in September. "It is taking the most direct route through international waters to conduct exercises with allies and partners in the Philippine Sea." "The carrier strike group is lawfully navigating the South China Sea, just as one-third of global shipping does on an annual basis," a Ministry of Defence spokesperson said in London.
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