U.K. navy to station new vessels in Indo-Pacific for 5 years

Adm. Radakin says important to maintain freedom of navigation in Taiwan Strait

20210915 HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier

The HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves the U.S. naval base at Yokosuka, Japan on Sept. 8. © Kyodo

YUSUKE NAKAJIMA, Nikkei staff writer

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.

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