HMS Queen Elizabeth is heading across the Atlantic Ocean to replace her sister ship, HMS Prince of Wales, in joint manouevres with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines, and the Royal Canadian Navy. The Prince of Wales had been due to take part in the Westlant 22 exercises but suffered a “mechanical failure,” which turned out…

A British F-35 jet crashed into the Mediterranean on Wednesday, the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed. An MoD spokesman said: “A British F-35 pilot from HMS Queen Elizabeth ejected during routine flying operations in the Mediterranean this morning. “The pilot has been safely returned to the ship and an investigation has begun, so…

Britain cannot become strategically dependent on China and must work with “reliable partners” on its critical national infrastructure, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said. Truss, who replaced Dominic Raab as UK foreign secretary in a reshuffle last month, is currently on a visit to India to discuss security and defence links with the South…

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA—Britain’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, is helping to take on the “lion’s share” of operations against the Islamic State group in Iraq, UK naval commanders said. It has also piqued the interest of Russian warplanes, who try to keep tabs on its cutting-edge F-35 jet in a “cat-and-mouse” game with British…

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…

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…

Thousands of well-wishers have packed the harbour walls to wave off the Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth as it set sail for exercises and its first operational deployment to the Far East. The £3 billion ($4 billion) aircraft carrier sailed out of Portsmouth Harbour to cheers from the crowds who filled the walls and…

Britain will send a Carrier Strike Group to the Indo-Pacific region next month in a massive show of force aimed at countering the security challenges posed by the Chinese regime. The Carrier Strike Group, which will be led by the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, will be the “largest concentration of maritime and air…

The UK should send its aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait amid increasing tension in the area, according to some British MPs. However, experts have mixed views on how significant the gesture would be. A British carrier is set to be deployed late next month to the Indo-Pacific region as part of a UK-led freedom of navigation…

The UK need to work with other countries—not limited to liberal-minded democracies—to maintain a counterbalance to communist China, MPs of the Defence Committee heard on Tuesday. The committee held an oral evidence session on Tuesday to gather evidence on China’s military ambitions and capabilities. The session will be followed by a wider inquiry later in the…