.@AdmTonyRadakin First Sea Lord prepares to embark on a year in the spotlight.

RN to assume new role promoting UK as a trading nation post-Brexit.

ft.com/content/ce4a66…
@AdmTonyRadakin ISL says he hopes that the approx 1,700 personnel that will deploy with the Carrier Strike Group in May will be vaccinated before they sail. #CSG21
@AdmTonyRadakin A key decision is whether the carrier will enter the South China Sea, where the rapidly expanding Chinese navy is asserting its presence.

That is a decision for Mr Johnson’s and the cabinet, Admiral Radakin
said. #CGG21
@AdmTonyRadakin ISL has evidently taken PM’s challenge of modernisation seriously.

In future every ship will be “a sensor, a station for our intelligence agencies, an embassy & launch pad for drones”.

Type32 frigate could be “host platform” for autonomous vessels, with only a few personnel.
@AdmTonyRadakin .@AdmTonyRadakin is a contender for the top job - Chief of the Defence Staff.

Current CDS, Sir Nick Carter, is expected to retire this summer but Admiral Radakin deflects suggestions about promotion. “I am massively focused on delivering for the navy"

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