Aircraft Carriers: Military Exercises

(asked on 11th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government with what countries to date the carrier strike group has had (1) engagements, or (2) military exercises; and what were these engagements and military exercises.


Answered by
Baroness Goldie Portrait
Baroness Goldie
This question was answered on 19th October 2021

The table below sets out the countries and/or overseas territories that the UK Carrier Strike Group has interacted with during this deployment.

Country / Overseas Territory

Activity

Australia

Passage Exercise , air interaction, Exercise BERSAMA GOLD[1]

Bangladesh

Port visit to Chittogram

British Indian Ocean Territory

Port visit to Diego Garcia

Brunei

Port visit to Bandar Seri Begawan

Cambodia

Virtual defence engagement

Canada

Exercise PACIFIC CROWN (Pacific Ocean) South China Sea navigation in company

Cyprus

Port visit to Limassol and Larnaca

Djibouti

Port visit to Djibouti

Egypt

Port visit to Alexandria

France

Exercises Atlantic Trident (North Atlantic) and Gallic Strike (Mediterranean) Press Release

Georgia

Port visit to Batumi

Gibraltar

Hosted reception at sea

Greece

Port visits to Piraeus and Souda.

Guam

Port visits to Guam

India

Maritime Participation Exercise in the Indian Ocean Press Release

Indonesia

Port visit to Jakarta

Israel

Exercise Falcon Strike and Exercise Tri-Lightning (both in the Mediterranean). Port visit to Haifa

Italy

Exercise Falcon Strike, transit in western Mediterranean, Port visits to Augusta, Messina and Taranto Press Release

Japan

Port visits to Sasebo, Yokosuka, Funakoshi, Exercise PACIFIC CROWN (Pacific Ocean), quad carrier exercise (with two carriers from the USA, one from Japan and HMS Queen Elizabeth), Reception and capability demonstration, South China Sea navigation in company Press Release

Malaysia

Passage Exercise, Exercise BERSAMA GOLD

Montenegro

Port visit to Bar, Reception and Capability Demonstration, Press Release

New Zealand

South China Sea Transit in company, Exercise BERSAMA GOLD

Oman

Port visit to Duqm

Republic of Korea

Search and rescue exercise, at sea reception and capability demonstration Press Release

Saudi Arabia

Port visit to Jeddah. Passage Exercise

Singapore

Passage Exercise including some limited air exercising. Port visit to Sembawang. Reception and capability demonstration, Exercise BERSAMA GOLD Press Release

Spain

Port visits to Alicante and Cartagena

Thailand

Co-ordinated maritime manoeuvres Press Release

Turkey

Port visit Istanbul Press Release

Ukraine

Port visit to Odessa Press Release

United States

Dual, tri and quad carrier exercises. Exercise Atlantic Trident (North Atlantic), Exercise Gallic Strike (Mediterranean), Exercise Falcon Strike, Exercise Tri-Lightning Press Release Press Release

Vietnam

Port visit to Da Nang and Passage Exercise

NATO*

Exercise Steadfast Defender (North Atlantic), Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 - Operation Sea Guardian (Mediterranean), At-sea reception and capability demonstration Press Release Press Release

*Whilst not a country, assets from the UK Carrier Strike Group also participated in NATO-led military exercises and engagements.

[1] Five Powers Defence Arrangements Exercise hosted by Malaysia with participants from Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the UK.

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