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 from the US and UK, showcasing advanced weaponry and interoperability. The exercises are widely seen as a show of force and deterrence in response to China's growing influence and security moves in the Pacific. Notably, new missile systems like the US Army's Typhon and Australia's NASAMS were tested, and Japan demonstrated its surface-to-ship missile capabilities.
The event also drew attention after China was caught spying on the drills, underscoring the region's heightened strategic competition.
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