At the time of this writing, the United Kingdom aircraft carrier Prince of Wales is training with the Italian carrier Cavour in the central Mediterranean at the beginning of its planned deployment to the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. Large scale carrier operations like this have become a normal part of the rhythm in the Mediterranean over the last few years. Outside the Med, carrier operations are also on an upswing. In the past four years, four European carrier strike groups (CSGs) from three navies have deployed outside of the European area of operations to the Indo-Pacific.
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