SYDNEY/LONDON -- After its recent arrival in the Philippine Sea, the U.K.'s largest aircraft carrier and its strike group are set to join the U.S., Japan, Australia and New Zealand, along with fellow European power France, in exercises close to the South China Sea.
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An F-35 fighter jet takes off from the HMS Queen Elizabeth, which is set to join multinational exercises in the Philippine Sea. (Photo courtesy of the U.K. Defense Ministry)
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