InterviewU.K. navy to station new vessels in Indo-Pacific for 5 years
Adm. Radakin says important to maintain freedom of navigation in Taiwan Strait
The HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves the U.S. naval base at Yokosuka, Japan on Sept. 8. © Kyodo
YUSUKE NAKAJIMA, Nikkei staff writer
September 16, 2021 18:03 JST
LONDON -- The U.K. will station two new patrol vessels in the Indo-Pacific region for "at least the next five years" as part of plans by the U.S. and its allies to check China's naval expansion, Tony Radakin, a senior Royal Navy admiral, told Nikkei in a recent interview.