Minister for the Armed Forces, Luke Pollard speaks about the deployment of the Royal Navy's flagship HMS Prince of Wales to the Indo-Pacific as head of an international Carrier Strike Group with the aim of sending a "powerful message that we mean business".The £3 billion aircraft carrier will lead UK, Norwegian and Canadian warships for the eight-month deployment to join exercises, operations and visits with 40 countries across the Mediterranean, Middle East, south-east Asia, Japan and Australia

Minister for the Armed Forces, Luke Pollard speaks about the deployment of the Royal Navy's flagship HMS Prince of Wales to the Indo-Pacific as head of an international Carrier Strike Group with the aim of sending a "powerful message that we mean business".The £3 billion aircraft carrier will lead UK, Norwegian and Canadian warships for the eight-month deployment to join exercises, operations and visits with 40 countries across the Mediterranean, Middle East, south-east Asia, Japan and Australia.