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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Lusty heading to Med for war games

HMS Illustrious |Aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious will leave Portsmouth on Monday for a major show of strength in the Mediterranean.

Seven navy helicopters will land on the 22,000-tonne warship early in the morning before she sets sail at 1.30pm.

Lusty is being deployed as part of the UK’s Response Force Task Group (RFTG) which is on a footing to respond to an international crisis if required.

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