HMS Queen Elizabeth sailing from her home in Portsmouth on Feb. 2, 2019. U.K. MoD Photo
LONDON — The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers and F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters are spearheading a revival of British sea power unparalleled since the end of the Second World War, the country’s top admiral said on Tuesday.
“The Royal Navy is growing for the first time in 70 years,” said Adm. Tony Radakin, the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff. “I am unashamedly bullish.”
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