Thousands of service personnel have been reunited with their families in time for Christmas as the Royal Navy flagship HMS Prince of Wales and its support ships returned to their home bases.
HMS Prince of Wales, one of two £3.5bn British aircraft carriers, recently set sail for its maiden voyage to the Indo-Pacific, and Daily Mail's War on Tape was invited along for the ride.
The space-aged Malloy T-150 octo-copter flew from flagship HMS Prince of Wales to destroyer HMS Dauntless during the navy's major deployment to the Indo-Pacific.
The huge display of military might comes as tensions between China and the West continue to flare, as Beijing threatens war against its neighbour Taiwan - which borders the Philippine Sea in the nort…
As part of its eight-month mission to the Far East, HMS Prince of Wales joined USS George Washington in the Timor Sea on Friday, July 18 to help reaffirm Britain's Indo-Pacific commitments.
The Indian Air Force said on Sunday that the jet was flying outside of the Indian Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) when it was forced to divert and land.
HMS Prince of Wales has arrived in the warm waters of the Mediterranean, escorted by eight other warships as part of the UK's Carrier Strike Group (CSG).