The UK will tilt power projection towards the Indo-Pacific region in response to the growing threat posed by China, a review of the UK foreign and defense policy has outlined.
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have committed to support the first operational deployment of the UK’s new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier in the spring.
A parliamentary committee says the defense ministry is in danger of failing “to capitalize on the huge investment that the UK has made” in the two ships because of delays in programs critical to their operation.
