Australia is hosting its biggest military exercise in history, Talisman Sabre 2025, involving over 40,000 personnel from 19 nations, including the US, UK, and Japan.
The drills feature dramatic airborne operations, live-fire missile tests, and joint naval maneuvers with aircraft carriers USS George Washington and HMS Prince of Wales. New weapon systems, such as the US Army’s midrange missile launcher and Australia’s NASAMS air defense, were tested for the first time in the region. The exercise is widely seen as a show of allied strength and interoperability in the Indo-Pacific, sending a clear message amid concerns over China’s growing influence.
Chinese surveillance activities were detected during the drills, highlighting the strategic significance of the event.
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