UK Carrier Strike Group Joins NATO Drill Ahead of Indo-Pacific Voyage

UK Carrier Strike Group Joins NATO Drill Ahead of Indo-Pacific Voyage
F-35B Lightning II aircrafts are seen on the deck of the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier offshore Portugal, on May 27, 2021. Bart Biesemans/Reuters
Alexander Zhang
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Britain’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is taking part in a massive NATO exercise in the Mediterranean this week ahead of its eight-month maiden voyage to Asia designed to counter the security challenges posed by the Chinese regime.

The war games, dubbed Steadfast Defender 21, are aimed at simulating the 30-nation military alliance’s response to an attack on any one of its members.