10/30/2022 0 Comments Carrier battle groupThe North Korean missile fired on Sunday flew about 600 kilometers (370 miles) at the maximum altitude of 60 kilometers (37 miles) before falling into the waters off the North’s east coast, according to South Korean estimates. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The allies had since cancelled or downsized some of their regular drills to support now-dormant talks on North Korea’s nuclear program or guard against COVID-19. sent three aircraft carriers including the Reagan for naval drills with South Korea in response to North Korean nuclear and missile tests. aircraft carrier near the peninsula since 2017, when the U.S. It would be the first such joint drills involving a U.S. and South Korean fighter jets and helicopters will also take part in the training. destroyers, were mobilized for the drills, according to the navy statement. and South Korean navy ships, including the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, a U.S. The four days of drills are aimed at demonstrating the allies’ “powerful resolve to respond to North Korean provocations” and improving their ability to perform joint naval operations, the South Korean navy said in a statement. The next issue of NP Posted will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way.His last appointment was as the Defence Secretary’s spokesman for Naval matters in the Ministry of Defence. Sharpe has a BA (Hons) in Defence Studies and a MA in International Relations from King’s College, London. His frigate command saw him act as anti-submarine commander for two US carrier battle groups in the Persian Gulf and, closer to home, protection of the UK’s nuclear deterrent. During his command of the UK’s Ice Patrol Vessel Tom was appointed to the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his role in saving her during a flood. Prior to this, Sharpe served 27 years in the Royal Navy. Sidharth holds a doctorate in International Relations from the London School of Economics, where his research examined the ways in which strategic culture shapes the contours of a nation’s grand strategy.Ĭommander Tom Sharpe OBE is a partner at Special Project Partners, a communications consultancy specializing in managing reputations, capacity building and planning for complex organizations from government departments to private sector companies, in London and internationally. His research at RUSI covers the impact of technology on maritime doctrine in the 21st century and the role of sea power in a state’s grand strategy. He is the Director of the King’s Japan Programme, and he specialises in Japanese naval history and strategy, maritime issues in East Asia, and Sino-Japanese maritime relations in the East and South China Seas.ĭr Sidharth Kaushal is a Research Fellow at RUSI, specialising in Sea Power. The Henry Jackson Society is pleased to invite you to this timely and informative debate, where we will be joined by three UK maritime and naval experts to discuss the return to the global stage for the Royal Navy, and with it, what challenges and opportunities this will bring for a forward deployed Global Britain foreign and defence posture.ĭr Alessio Patalano is Reader in East Asian Warfare & Security at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, and Visiting Fellow at the Japan Maritime Staff and Command College, Tokyo and Temple University Japan. What opportunities will this deployment bring for the UK, and also, what challenges will the Carrier Strike Group face, particularly as it crosses the South China Sea? In a return to the global stage for the Royal Navy, the UK’s partners and allies will be reassured that London has indeed re-prioritised defence, flying the flag for a truly Global Britain. Calling at Oman, Singapore, Japan and South Korea, the international task group will navigate the South China Sea a region much militarised recently by the Chinese Navy. On the back of this announcement the UK-led Carrier Strike Group is set for its first operational mission this spring, charting a course East of Suez, and into the Indo-Pacific. In the wake of the Prime Minister’s much-vaunted recent announcement of the uplift in defence spending, the Royal Navy are set to be the big winners with increased frigates and destroyers bolstering the navy’s fleet.
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