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Prime Minister Pumps Brakes On Potential Carrier Deployment To S. China Sea

February 12 2019

United Kingdom

British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson says the U.K. will send its newest aircraft carrier to the South China Sea on her maiden deployment, reports CNBC.

A spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May quickly responded to the statement, emphasizing that HMS Queen Elizabeth would not deploy until 2021 and would visit a number of places around the world. The prime minister would make the final decision on its route, the spokesman said, as quoted by the Independent (U.K.).

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