UK: September, aircraft carrier visits Japan: Queen Elizabeth and F-35B
-Two patrol boats permanently deployed “pressure on China”-
“The Epoch Times” (August 3rd):
An article entitled “Strengthening Japan-UK Defense Relations at Sea” was posted.
British Defense Minister Ben Wallace
Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi
A joint press conference after the “Japan-UK Defense Ministers’ Meeting” held at the Ministry of Defense.
British Defense Minister Ben Wallace:
Britain towards the end of the year
After Japan’s first port call by a British carrier strike group
The policy is to permanently deploy two patrol boats.
British Embassy in Japan:
It avoids mentioning the port that is the de facto home port of Royal Navy vessels.
Announcement of Defense Minister Kishi:
When the British carrier strike group calls at Japan
Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and destroyer,
At the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force base and the US Navy base,
It has been decided to make a decentralized call.
Call at US Navy Yokosuka Base:
Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier equipped with an F-35B stealth fighter on a full-scale first voyage.
Call at the US Navy Yokosuka Base, where the US Navy Command in Japan is located.
The base is also the de facto home port of the USS Ronald Reagan.
Royal navy
The Royal Navy will fully cooperate with the defense of Japan.
On the other hand, Japan will also cooperate with the security of Australia, France and Southeast Asian countries.
To compete with China
Japan, the United States, Britain, France, Australia and Southeast Asian countries
It can be taken to mean building an integrated line of defense.
It is a defense concept by the multinational navy.
Things have gone so far.
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Strengthening Japan-UK defense relations at sea
British Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21)
British Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21) consisting of multiple destroyers centered on the British carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth
It will call at Japan in September 2021 after passing through the waters where China and the Japan-US alliance are competing for influence.