What a sight @RoyalNavy @USNavy current & future conventional deterrence embodied in carrier strike! pic.twitter.com/7f1yvjLSAj— Alex Burton (@RAdmAlexBurton) August 8, 2017
The Drive: Royal Navy's New Supercarrier Trains Alongside Its US Counterpart For The First Time
The training mission off the coast of Scotland offers the first glimpse of future Royal Navy carrier operations.
The Royal Navy’s new supercarrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and her escorts are about to finish a series of multi-national training exercises off the coast of Scotland. Notably, the flattop joined the U.S. Navy’s USS George H.W. Bush and members of her own Carrier Strike Group Two (CSG-2) to practice what may become a model for future combined operations between the two navies.
On Aug. 1, 2017, 15 ships and more than 6,000 personnel from five countries – Germany, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States – arrived in the North Atlantic Ocean to kick off the drills, called Saxon Warrior 2017. While the NATO-led event was ostensibly intended as an opportunity for the different naval arms to practice working together, the main attraction was the two carriers operating alongside each other as they might in a future conflict.
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WNU editor: A great collection of photos in the above twitter link.
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