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Article: Royal Navy begins seven-month global exercise, trade mission.(UK Royal Navy)
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- Defense Daily
- Article date:
- January 15, 1997
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A score of Royal Navy ships and submarines led by the carrier HMS Illustrious are scheduled to get underway this week from Portsmouth and Plymouth in England bound for a seven-month global training exercise that will take the fleet to the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean and Asia, and help promote U.K. defense systems.
The ambitious deployment, Ocean Wave '97, will demonstrate the Royal Navy's ability to conduct prolonged global carrier, nuclear submarine and amphibious operations, as well as affirm Britain's commitment to the Pacific and other areas.
Port calls conducted during the exercise will achieve political and diplomatic objectives, but also help ...