US Special Forces Join Massive War Games in Australia
NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA, JUL 21 – Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 enhances joint-force readiness with live-fire drills and naval operations, involving 35,000 troops from 19 nations demonstrating multi-domain military interoperability.
- On July 13, Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 commenced across Australia with over 35,000 personnel from 19 nations, running from July 13 to August 4.
- Under the AUKUS military alliance aimed at China, defense officials say the exercises were designed to enhance readiness and rapid response, costing over $100 million, in a show of strategic deterrence.
- On July 15, U.S. Army fired the SM-6 from the Typhon missile system in Northern Territory, marking the first deployment of the system outside the U.S.
- He noted that `you had an integrated fires solution, with multiple different platforms from three different countries, firing simultaneous on a deep target,` during a Defense Writers Group virtual call on Tuesday, underscoring interoperability in action.
- As regional tensions mount, this demonstration underscores readiness to defend vital sea lanes and signals future deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.
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British and US Aircraft Carriers Are Jointly Sailing in Talisman Sabre 2025
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US Army drops into Australia for massive war games
TOWNSVILLE, Australia — U.S. paratroopers made the most dramatic entrance possible to Australia during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. Flying 14.5 hours nonstop from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, they parachuted from the night sky into the Australian countryside on July 14.“We landed right on the X,” Col. Brian Weightman, commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) of the U.S. Army’s 11th Airborne Division, told Defen…
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