Carrier Strike Group commences historic deployment "); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1574397292574-0'); }); } Website Notifications subscribe key enablers | 24 May 2021 | Charbel Kadib key enablers SHARES The UK’s Carrier Strike Group had embarked on its maiden operational deployment, transporting a host of personnel and advanced military platforms. The UK’s Carrier Strike Group had embarked on its maiden operational deployment, transporting a host of personnel and advanced military platforms. The United Kingdom’s flagship aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is leading six Royal Navy vessels, a Royal Navy submarine, a US Navy destroyer and a Dutch frigate on a seven-month deployment through the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, and Indo-Pacific.