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Hans India
11 hours ago
- General
- Hans India
Largest-ever military exercise, consisting of 19 countries and 35,000 troops, kicks off in Australia
Talisman Sabre 2025, the largest-ever military exercise, kicked off in Sydney on Monday, bringing together over 35,000 troops from Australia, the US and other partnering nations, according to the Australian Ministry of Defence. First began in 2005, Talisman Sabre started as a bilateral military exercise between Australia and the US. This year, over 35,000 troops from across 19 countries came together in Australia's Sydney to participate in the exercise following an opening ceremony on board HMAS Adelaide (an Australian naval ship) at Garden Island. According to the US Embassy in Australia, over the next three weeks, more than 35,000 military personnel from Australia and partnering nations will deploy across Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, New South Wales and Christmas Island. "For the first time, activities will also be conducted outside of Australia in Papua New Guinea. Malaysia and Vietnam will also attend as observers," said the US Embassy in Australia It added that along with the US and Australia, forces from Canada, Fiji, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, and the United Kingdom will join the military exercise as partners. The Australian Ministry of Defence said that Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 (TS25) will be the 11th and largest iteration of the exercise, which will consist of a live fire exercise and field training exercises incorporating force preparation activities, amphibious landings, ground force manoeuvres, and air combat and maritime operations. According to Australian Chief of Joint Operations, Vice Admiral Justin Jones, Talisman Sabre provides an "unrivalled opportunity to train together" across the sea, land, air, space and cyber domains. "It remains a powerful demonstration of Australia's enduring commitment to strengthening relationships between trusted allies and partners, in support of a peaceful, stable and sovereign Indo-Pacific," he said. "Defence appreciates the support of the community for our essential training, throughout planning to execution, we have been conducting site surveys and meetings with state authorities, traditional owners and key stakeholders to inform a safe and productive exercise for all participating nations," he added. Deputy Commanding General US Army Pacific Lieutenant General Joel B. Vowell said that the Talisman Sabre 2025 is a "powerful demonstration of the combined strength, trust, interoperability, and readiness across the Indo-Pacific." "Together, we are building tactical trust, practising our operational manoeuvres, and reaffirming our strategic commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," he asserted.
Malaysia Sun
14 hours ago
- Politics
- Malaysia Sun
India participates in Australia's largest bilateral military exercise, Talisman Sabre, for first time
Adelaide [Australia], July 14 (ANI): India has made its debut in Australia's largest bilateral military exercise, Exercise Talisman Sabre, marking a significant milestone in the deepening defence and security cooperation between the two nations in the Indo-Pacific region. India's participation in the exercise was confirmed by Australia's High Commissioner to India, Philip Green, in a post on X. 'A significant step forward in deepening India-Australia cooperation on defence and security in the Indo-Pacific,' Green stated in the post on Wednesday. According to a post by Talisman Sabre on X, a total of 19 nations will be joining the exercise, including the US and 16 other partner nations and two observer nations. As per Australia's Department of Defence, Exercise Talisman Sabre, the country's largest bilateral military exercise, officially commenced on Sunday, following an opening ceremony on board HMAS Adelaide. Chief of Joint Operations, Vice Admiral Justin Jones, joined US Deputy Commanding General of US Army Pacific, Lieutenant General Joel B Vowell, for the official opening at Garden Island in Sydney. Talisman Sabre 2025 is the 11th iteration of the largest and most sophisticated warfighting exercise ever conducted in Australia. As per the country's Department of Defence, over the next three weeks, as part of the exercise, more than 35,000 military personnel from Australia and partnering nations will deploy across Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, New South Wales and Christmas Island, with activities conducted outside of Australia in Papua New Guinea for the first time. In addition to the US, forces from Canada, Fiji, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, and the UK will join as partners. Malaysia and Vietnam will also attend as observers. This year's exercise will consist of live-fire exercises and field training activities, incorporating force preparation activities, amphibious landings, ground force manoeuvres, and air combat and maritime operations. It will also feature a range of new Australian Defence Force capabilities, including UH-60M Black Hawks and the Precision Strike Missile. (ANI)
India Gazette
14 hours ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
India participates in Australia's largest bilateral military exercise, Talisman Sabre, for first time
Adelaide [Australia], July 14 (ANI): India has made its debut in Australia's largest bilateral military exercise, Exercise Talisman Sabre, marking a significant milestone in the deepening defence and security cooperation between the two nations in the Indo-Pacific region. India's participation in the exercise was confirmed by Australia's High Commissioner to India, Philip Green, in a post on X. 'A significant step forward in deepening India-Australia cooperation on defence and security in the Indo-Pacific,' Green stated in the post on Wednesday. According to a post by Talisman Sabre on X, a total of 19 nations will be joining the exercise, including the US and 16 other partner nations and two observer nations. As per Australia's Department of Defence, Exercise Talisman Sabre, the country's largest bilateral military exercise, officially commenced on Sunday, following an opening ceremony on board HMAS Adelaide. Chief of Joint Operations, Vice Admiral Justin Jones, joined US Deputy Commanding General of US Army Pacific, Lieutenant General Joel B Vowell, for the official opening at Garden Island in Sydney. Talisman Sabre 2025 is the 11th iteration of the largest and most sophisticated warfighting exercise ever conducted in Australia. As per the country's Department of Defence, over the next three weeks, as part of the exercise, more than 35,000 military personnel from Australia and partnering nations will deploy across Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, New South Wales and Christmas Island, with activities conducted outside of Australia in Papua New Guinea for the first time. In addition to the US, forces from Canada, Fiji, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, and the UK will join as partners. Malaysia and Vietnam will also attend as observers. This year's exercise will consist of live-fire exercises and field training activities, incorporating force preparation activities, amphibious landings, ground force manoeuvres, and air combat and maritime operations. It will also feature a range of new Australian Defence Force capabilities, including UH-60M Black Hawks and the Precision Strike Missile. (ANI)
Sky News AU
20 hours ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
The strident declaration Albanese must make to China's Xi Jinping rather than his meaningless 'disagree where we must' waffle
Senior figures in the Trump Administration are asking if Australia is committed to deterring Beijing from invading Taiwan and have made their request public. And our Prime Minister is tying himself up in knots trying not to answer. He doesn't want to say or do anything that might disturb his usual pandering and encouragement to Australian businesses to get even deeper into the China market. But there's an enormous irony in what's going on here. As the Prime Minister tours China with a high-powered business delegation and talks about growing our already unusually dependent trade relationship with China, back home the massive Talisman Sabre 2025 military exercise is happening. About 30,000 Australian, US, Japanese, South Korean and other partner nations troops are exercising to demonstrate the power of collective defence, with two aircraft carriers, high tech aircraft and missile systems and large amphibious forces using Australian military bases scattered from Western Australia to Christmas Island and right down to NSW. This demonstration of power and determination is mainly directed at Beijing, to deter Xi Jinping from sending his People's Liberation Army forces to invade Taiwan. This message needs to be sent to Beijing because Xi has directed his military to make seizing Taiwan it's highest priority and his military has been following through on his order – ramping up its military preparations and presence around Taiwan over recent years. 2023 and 2024 were each record years for the level of Chinese military intimidation and presence around Taiwan, but 2025 has seen an even greater tempo of these preparations by Chinese forces. Collective defence can only work if the militaries involved have enough capability to worry potential adversaries - and if the leaders of the nations involved sound sufficiently firm to be taken seriously. No one can see Mr Albanese as serious or even engaged in the issues of deterring China from war through working closely with Australia's partners and allies. His performance in avoiding any serious answers about regional security in the lead up to and during his visit underlines the problem. Unfortunately, this isn't a new development – Mr Albanese's first term as prime minister is a tale of discounting security issues and underinvesting in our military while focusing himself on what he still calls 'stabilising' our relationship with China. On security, Xi just isn't listening, sending the Chinese Navy on a trip around Australia that included live firing earlier in the year. Mr Albanese has tried to deflect any question on regional security saying his government is 'investing in our capabilities and … investing in our relationships'. On capabilities this just isn't true. Whatever he claims on the Defence budget, we now know that the Navy doesn't even have enough funds to maintain and operate the small number of ships it still has, and this underfunding is almost certain to be true across the Army and Air Force. As to 'investing in our relationships', Mr Albanese seems very interested and invested in one of his relationships – the one with Xi – but decidedly disinterested in other key partnerships, whether with Japan, South Korea or the US. The PM is on an extraordinarily long six-day tour of China but he didn't organise even a day stopover in either of two nations that Australia has strong economic and security relationships with - South Korea and Japan - while in the neighbourhood. And, of course, there's not the glimmer of even a pull aside meeting with US President Trump on his schedule, let alone a six-day US tour. That sends a signal all by itself, because a leader's priorities are demonstrated by how and where they spend their time. No wonder US officials are asking questions in public about our intentions as an ally, which were formerly discussed in detail and in private. So what could Mr Albanese say that would be both truthful and diplomatic while he is in China talking up deepening our economic dependency on China? He needs something other than waffle about hypotheticals and investing in relationships – or his favourite meaningless soundbite on anything about the government in Beijing 'we cooperate where we can, disagree where we must and engage always'. He could say: 'Of course, deterring conflict over Taiwan – and any other conflict in our region - is important and Australia is a part of sensible collective defence planning for credible regional scenarios.' 'Like any other leader, I won't give cast iron guarantees about decisions on future situations and circumstances, but no one should doubt Australia's commitment to regional security. 'That commitment is why Australia is hosting our US ally and 16 other partner and allied militaries at exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 right now.' The fact he won't or can't say this is no doubt what Washington is finding so odd and increasingly disturbing. Michael Shoebridge is a contributor and the founder and director of Strategic Analysis Australia
The Hindu
a day ago
- General
- The Hindu
India joins bilateral military exercise in Australia
India, along with 18 other nations, is participating in Talisman Sabre 2025, a major bilateral military drill led by Australia that commenced on Sunday (July 13, 2025). Now in its 11th iteration, the Talisman Sabre is the largest and most sophisticated warfighting exercise ever conducted in Australia, the Department of Defence, Australia, said in a statement. The exercise unites more than 35,000 military personnel from 19 nations. 'Over the next three weeks, more than 35,000 military personnel from Australia and partnering nations will deploy across Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, New South Wales and Christmas Island [in Australia]. For the first time, activities will also be conducted outside of Australia in Papua New Guinea,' the statement said. In addition to the U.S., military forces from Canada, Fiji, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, and the U.K. would join as partners. Malaysia and Vietnam will attend as observers. This edition of the military exercise would consist of live-fire exercises and field training activities, incorporating force preparation activities, amphibious landings, ground force manoeuvres, and air combat and maritime operations. It will also feature a range of new Australian Defence Force capabilities, including UH-60M Black Hawks and the Precision Strike Missile. Vice-Admiral Justin Jones, the Chief of Joint Operations, Royal Australian Navy, will join Lieutenant General Joel B. Vowell, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Pacific, for the official opening at Garden Island, Sydney, Australia.
