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training in Arctic and mountain warfare.
The roup exercises in
Northern Norway to fit it for service on the Northern flank of NATO.
Deployments outside the NATO Area
10. Naval forces are deployed outside the NATO area as follows:-
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The Far East and the Indian Ocean. A guardship is
presently stationed at Hong Kong together with patrol
vessels for maritime policing duties but these forces will be reviewed as part of
new defence costs greement with be reduced to by J. A frigate is currently
stationed at Singapore as part of our contribution to the
Five Power defence arrangements but this ship will be
withdrawn by [ ]. [A Royal Kaval submarine is serving
with the Royal Australian Navy 7. The Beira putrol is
continuing.
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Other British naval tasko in the Indian Ocean
and the seas of South East Asia are being met primarily by
deploying, on rotation, groups of ships from the United
Kingdom. At present each group includes a cruiser or guided
missile destroyer, together with frigates, Royal Fleet
Auxiliaries in support, and a nuclear submarine when possible.
But the size and frequency of such deployments will be
adjusted in step with Defence Review considerations_7.
The West Indies. Two helicopter-carrying frigates, each
with a detachment of Royal Marines, are deployed in the
West Indies, augmented occasionally by other units for
exercises and trials. These forces will be withdrawn by
The South Atlantic. The Ice Patrol Ship HES Endurance
with a detachment of Royal Marines is in the Antarctic Lo support the British Antarctic Survey and to conduct the ydro- graphic surveys. A Royal Marines detachment is based on the Falkland Islands.
[ J.]
This deployment will be discontinued by