The Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec slipped out of Halifax Monday morning to join a United Kingdom carrier strike group on a seven-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific. Canadian warships regularly integrate with American carrier strike groups, but officials and military watchers insisted Monday the decision to sail with the Brits instead this time was a year or more in the planning and has nothing to do with U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent ramblings about making Canada the 51st state.

It’s rare that Canadian warships join Royal Navy formations, but "ship deployments are typically planned long in advance."{ai:summary}<p>The HMCS Ville de Quebec departed Halifax to join a UK carrier strike group for a seven-month Indo-Pacific deployment, marking a shift from the usual integration with U.S. forces. Officials stress that this decision was planned well in advance and is unrelated to recent U.S. political comments. #military</p>

Canada deploying with the Brits instead of U.S. Navy 'just a happy coincidence'

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