UK Carrier Strike Group Sets Sail on Seven-Month Indo-Pacific Deployment

UK Carrier Strike Group Sets Sail on Seven-Month Indo-Pacific Deployment
An F-35B lands onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth, England, on Sept. 26, 2018. Kyle Heller/Ministry of Defence via Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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Britain’s Carrier Strike Group, led by Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, will set sail later on Saturday on its maiden operational deployment to the Indo-Pacific region, which is aimed at countering the security challenges posed by the Chinese regime.

The Queen visited the carrier in Portsmouth earlier Saturday, meeting crew members and wishing them luck.