Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 in pictures

The 11th iteration of Exercise Talisman Sabre, which took place during the back end of July, was, frankly, enormous. The biggest military exercise ever undertaken in this country, it featured 19 national militaries and 43,000 troops, who simulated realistic war scenarios alongside allies. Fighter jets practised air combat, soldiers fired long-range missiles, and a Black Hawk even attempted to intercept a Sydney ferry on the harbour.

“We’ve had 32 ships, eight of which were amphibious ships, and two carrier strike groups from the UK and US,” said Vice Admiral Justin Jones, chief of joint operations. “We’ve had 297 aircraft participate and 2000 sorties. We’ve moved 32 million kilograms of cargo and over 16,000 military personnel around the country. It is an extensive, tactical field training exercise by nature, over an extraordinary geographic scale;

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