{"id":29876,"date":"2020-10-06T20:38:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T18:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eolog.com\/royal-navy-assembles-largest-carrier-strike-group-in-decades\/"},"modified":"2020-10-06T20:38:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T18:38:10","slug":"royal-navy-assembles-largest-carrier-strike-group-in-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eolog.com\/en\/royal-navy-assembles-largest-carrier-strike-group-in-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Navy Assembles Largest Carrier Strike Group in Decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>The Royal Navy&rsquo;s new Carrier Strike Group has assembled for the first time, marking the beginning of a new era of operations. HMS <em>Queen Elizabeth<\/em> is at the center of the group which is the start of joint carrier operations between the navy and its NATO allies.<\/p>\n<p>Nine ships, 15 fighter jets, 11 helicopters and 3,000 personnel from the UK, US and the Netherlands are now carrying out exercises in the North Sea. According to the Royal Navy, the strike group is the largest and most powerful European-led maritime force in almost 20 years; it is also the largest carrier strike group fielded by the UK since the 1980s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The new UK Carrier Strike Group is the embodiment of British maritime power, and sits at the heart of a modernised and emboldened Royal Navy,&quot; said Commodore Steve Moorhouse, the strike group&#039;s commander. &ldquo;Protected by a ring of advanced destroyers, frigates, helicopters and submarines, and equipped with fifth generation fighters, HMS <em>Queen Elizabeth<\/em> is able to strike from the sea at a time and place of our choosing . . . Carrier Strike offers Britain choice and flexibility on the global stage; it reassures our friends and allies and presents a powerful deterrent to would-be adversaries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/eolog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Royal-Navy-Assembles-Largest-Carrier-Strike-Group-in-Decades.jpg\" style=\"height:400px;width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy Royal Navy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In addition to five Royal Navy F35 fighters, HMS <em>Queen Elizabeth<\/em> carries a detachment of 10&nbsp;U.S. Marine Corps F35Bs, allowing airmen from both services to work together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Queen Elizabet<\/em>h is escorted by the Royal Navy&rsquo;s Type 45 destroyers HMS <em>Diamond <\/em>and HMS <em>Defender<\/em>, the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS <em>The Sullivans,<\/em> the frigates HMS <em>Northumberland <\/em>and HMS <em>Kent <\/em>and the Dutch Navy&rsquo;s HNLMS <em>Evertsen<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Two Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships, RFA <em>Tideforce <\/em>and RFA<em> Fort Victoria,<\/em> will supply fuel, food and ammunition&nbsp;to enabled sustained operations at sea.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Providing air and missile defence to a Carrier Strike Group is exactly the task HMS <em>Defender <\/em>and the Type 45 has been designed to do,&quot; said&nbsp;Commander Vince Owen, the CO of HMS <em>Defender<\/em>.&nbsp;&ldquo;Having previously supported the French aircraft carrier FGS <em>Charles de Gaulle<\/em> in the fight against ISIL in 2015 and more recently been part of the USS <em>Abraham Lincoln<\/em> task group as she transited through the Strait of Hormuz last year, it is exciting to be integrating HMS <em>Defender <\/em>into the UK-led Carrier Strike Group for the first time.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The strike group is currently exercising alongside allied nations in the North Sea as part of NATO&rsquo;s largest annual exercise, Joint Warrior.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/eolog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1602009489_179_Royal-Navy-Assembles-Largest-Carrier-Strike-Group-in-Decades.jpg\" style=\"height:400px;width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy Royal Navy<\/em><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/>News source: http:\/\/maritime-executive.com <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/maritime-executive.com\/article\/royal-navy-assembles-largest-carrier-strike-group-in-decades?rand=17996\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go to original post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Navy&rsquo;s new Carrier Strike Group has assembled for the first time, marking the beginning of a new era of operations. 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