To achieve these ends the Queen Elizabeth Class ships and their task groups will perform a wide variety of tasks: Carrier Strike, Humanitarian Relief, Non-Combatant Evacuation, Maritime Security, Diplomacy, Promotion of Trade and sometimes, just by being in the right place at the right time, they will deliver a clear statement of intent. This is what HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH did on Wednesday.
Lovely media spin as it isn't actually performing any of those functions apart from maybe 'being in the right place at the right time'.
As a statement of intent it says 'We've built it and it floats' - everything else is aspirational and 2023 is a long way off even if everything goes according to plan, on time and as promised.