It is not a joint military exercise.
Iran is now in the cross hairs.
The Iranian shit show is about to come to an end.
HMS Prince of Wales:
Posted on 04/22/2025 6:30:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The Royal Navy's flagship HMS Prince of Wales has departed on one of its biggest deployments yet.
The £3bn aircraft carrier set off from Portsmouth and will take part in exercises demonstrating the UK's ability to operate fast jets at sea, and carry out large scale military operations on the other side of the world.
Up to 24 of the latest F-35B stealth jets will join the carrier as it leads a multi-national fleet of warships to 40 countries across the Mediterranean, Middle East, south-east Asia, Japan and Australia.
The 65,000-tonne warship, which can hold up to 1,600 military personnel, will be deployed for eight months.
HMS Prince of Wales will be part of the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) which includes the Portsmouth destroyer HMS Dauntless, Plymouth frigate HMS Richmond, as well as warships from Norway, Canada, and other NATO members.
On board will be the RAF's 617 squadron, also known as The Dambusters, and 809 Naval Air Squadron The Immortals.
Commanding officer Capt Will Blackett said: "We've been practising and practising and practising.
"What we'll do, once we sail and get past the Isle of Wight, is embark the largest air wing that has ever been embarked on this ship ever.
"That's a complicated business."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Let’s see if it clears its berth before reversing back.
Interesting. The Prince of Wales joins the USS Carl Vinson and USS Harry Truman with a significant number of F-35s near Israel. By my count, that is over 100 F-35s that are on carriers alone, not to mention the Land based F-35s in Israel and the surrounding areas. Could this mean a major action has begun?
You ask a good question.
Seriously Iran, take the deal on the table.
So long as “Prince of Wales” isn’t accompanied by “Repulse” all should be well.
Does the ship have an admiral on it? The UK has more admirals than its Navy than it does ships.
The carrier’s ultimate destination is waters near China the UK makes noise about Ukraine.
Keir Starmer committing to spending billions more on defense using Russia and Ukraine as the excuse but HMS Prince of Wales will end up in “Indo-Pacific” waters near China.
The politicians in Europe baiting and switching their own people as to what the defense buildup President Trump demands is really for.
The “AUKUS” alliance that includes the UK established several years back is a thinly disguised alliance opposing China.
I was thinking it just ought to stay away from the South China sea side of Malaysia.
What an ugly ship!
Will probably make a good fish reef...
It is not a joint military exercise.
Iran is now in the cross hairs.
The Iranian shit show is about to come to an end.
HMS Prince of Wales:
The Brits should move beyond that and start training.
After reading the article to the end, I can comfortably say...never fear. Everyone has a bed and they will be home by Christmas. *rolls eyes*
As the documentary reveals, it seems that royal insiders knew the truth about Blunt's treachery long before it was made public. When the story did finally come to light in 1979, Prince Charles wrote a sympathetic letter to Blunt, which goes along with him being a dumb schmuck.
MI5 knew years before the Royals did, as Blunt had admitted his treachery in 1964. MI5 decided to keep it quiet, and allow Blunt to remain in his position with the Queen, only sharing the info with Elizabeth II's Secretary Baron Michael Adeane. It wasn't until 9 years later that Adeane shared the info with Queen Elizabeth. Can you imagine? Allowing a known traitor to stay in his prestigious job for years after it was revealed he'd been recruited as a spy for Russia? They kept it quiet because they didn't want the embarrassment of it to reach the English people.
Most likely to China or India.
exactly! At least there’s a fighter CAP by definition this time!
It would be difficult to impossible for the Royal Family to hide that much “hot” information today. The Internet has removed several formerly reliable veils of secrecy and discretion, whether we like it that way or not.
That’s one ugly ship.
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“On board will be the RAF’s 617 squadron, also known as The Dambusters”
Soon to be known as The Three Gorges Dambusters...
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