has been sailing the high seas. a giant launchpad for the latest f 35jets. notjust british, but american ones too, both flexing their military muscle. right now our18s and 35s are still the most lethal fifth generation aircraft carrier out there. you know, if you want to make a statement, make a bold statement. i think this is a very bold statement. and, you know, when you do it with partners that s even a bolder statement. here in the operations room they ve monitored both russian and chinese jets, warships and submarines, taking an interest as they sailed east. a contest rather than a confrontation, testing out each other s defences. the best thing for me personally was the air interactions where we had looked to scramble ourjets, action, our f 35s to go up and form that ring of steel around the aircraft carrier and the strike group from the russian interaction that we had. so, a full spectrum of warfare