Originally Posted by
Asturias56
UK led #5thGen Carrier Strike Group - you can see the problem - with 2 such groups most of the currently active surface warships are in only two places - you don't have much capacity to send to the ME, S China Sea, or anywhere else..........
You might not have noticed the deployment of the Littoral Response Group (LPD, LSD(A), and a Type 45) to the Mediterranean and Black Sea, ongoing commitments to NATO, ongoing commitments to the Gulf and wider Middle East, Forward Presence, CASD....
In any case would would we want to send in a crisis? Yes, a task group.
Personally I consider that the GROUPEX is an operation activity - given the renewed strategic importance of the Atlantic and the need for things like AAW and ASW. It will e the first of many activities to deter and reassure by HMS
Queen Elizabeth and her sister.