The UK will deploy its aircraft carrier group to the North Atlantic this year in a "powerful show of force" against Russian threats in the Arctic, Britain's Starmer told the Munich conference earlier today, APA reports, citing France 24.
"I can announce today that the UK will deploy our carrier strike group to the North Atlantic and the High North this year, led by HMS Prince of Wales, operating alongside the US, Canada and other NATO allies in a powerful show of our commitment to Euro-Atlantic security," he said.
The group will include Royal Navy warships, F-35 jets and helicopters in what has been dubbed "Operation Firecrest," the ministry of defence said in a statement.
The HMS Prince of Wales is the Royal Navy's largest warship and US aircraft are also expected to operate from its deck.
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