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Helicopters and F-35 fighter planes aboard Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth, docked at Changi Naval Base in Singapore. Victor Loh, CNBC SINGAPORE — The United Kingdom plans to increase its presence in the contested South China Sea and the Indo-Pacific region , the Royal Air Force Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston said Monday. Speaking on board the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth docked in Singapore, Sir Wigston said that there would be a “more regular drumbeat of deployments.” “That would be manifested both in what you see from the Royal Navy and the...
