The 7½-month CSG25 deployment begins today with the departure of HMS Prince of Wales from Portsmouth. Last week we spoke to the Commander of the UK Carrier Strike Group and some of those deploying about the preparations and the early phases of the voyage.
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The MoD officially confirmed today that the long-planned deployment to the Indo-Pacific will begin in two weeks with the departure of the flagship.
There has been considerable debate over the prospect of deploying the UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG) to the Indo-Pacific region in 2025. Here we look at the outline programme for the deployment and consider the case for and against a change of plan. More
HMS Prince of Wales arrived in Liverpool on 1st December and this morning became the RN Flagship, taking over from HMS Queen Elizabeth.More
HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in Hamburg, Germany on Monday for a defence Engagement visit. HMS Prince of Wales will visit Liverpool in the first week of December and will be open to the public.
Here we examine the recent exercise Strike Warrior, which served as a certification exercise for the UK Carrier Strike Group and a valuable training opportunity. While there were some notable achievements, this exercise also highlighted some underlying concerns about the state of the force.
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UK F-35 jets will embark aboard HMS Prince of Wales for Exercise Strike Warrior which will run from 14th – 27th October off the coast of Scotland and in the North Sea.
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Steadfast Defender 2024 (STDE24) is the largest military exercise staged by NATO since the alliance conducted ‘Reforger’ in 1988. In this photo essay, we cover the RN’s participation in the maritime elements of the exercise.
Just a week after HMS Queen Elizabeth was withdrawn from exercise Steadfast Defender due to a defect, HMS Prince of Wales has sailed as her replacement.