UK to deploy warships in Indian Ocean

LONDON: UK government on Wednesday unveiled plans to deploy Royal Navy warships to the Indian Ocean region later this year to operate and train with Indian forces, signalling what it described as the growing importance of the strategic relationship between the two countries.
UK defence secretary Grant Shapps, who co-chaired an India-UK Defence Industry CEOs Roundtable with defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday, said the Littoral Response Group (LRG) will be deployed this year and the Carrier Strike Group (CRG) in 2025 for joint India-UK training.PTI