@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.
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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