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A Royal Navy aircraft carrier will go out to the Gulf in Spring 2008, the MoD has confirmed.
HMS Illustrious will head for waters near Iran, accompanied by a destroyer, a frigate, two minesweepers and three Royal Fleet Auxiliary support vessels.
A MoD spokesman said 'Operation Orion 08' was about 'them practising being a battle group' in the Gulf.
A Royal Navy aircraft carrier will go out to the Gulf in Spring 2008, the MoD has confirmed.
HMS Illustrious will head for waters near Iran, accompanied by a destroyer, a frigate, two minesweepers and three Royal Fleet Auxiliary support vessels.
A MoD spokesman said 'Operation Orion 08' was about 'them practising being a battle group' in the Gulf.