1、2025/6/12 13:00Necessity of Evolution:CSG Deployment After Highmast|Royal United Services Institutehttps:/www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/necessity-evolution-csg-deployment-after-highmast1/11COMMENTARYNecessity of Evolution:CSG Deployment A?erHighmastCommander Edward Black
2、and Dr Sidharth Kaushal11 June 202512 Minute ReadThe primacy of the Russian threat to Europe may not eliminatethe value of CSG deployments but in the future they shouldtake a di?erent form as dictated by the threat environment.The current emphasis on diplomacy might be better served byless operation
3、ally valuable assets.HMS Prince of Wales and the Carrier Strike Group(CSG),under OperationHighmast,has now transited the Suez canal as intended.The group,includingNorwegian,Canadian and Spanish vessels,will progress on to the Indo-Paci?c region.The Royal Navy(RN)press release list of deployment aims
4、includes rea?rming the UKs commitment to NATO and to maintaininternational security and prosperity.The line international by designunderscores the commitment to an internationally engaged UK.Thisdeployment is part of the UK-France commitment to maintain Europeanpresence in the Indo-Paci?c through co