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16 July 2025

Talisman Sabre 2025 Commences Aboard HMAS Adelaide

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Australia’s largest bilateral military exercise, Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, officially commenced following an opening ceremony on board HMAS Adelaide.

Now in its 11th iteration, Talisman Sabre 2025 is the largest and most sophisticated warfighting exercise ever conducted 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.

In addition to the United States, 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 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.

Image: Chief of Joint Operations, Vice Admiral Justin Jones, AO, CSC, RAN, and United States Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army Pacific, Lieutenant General Joel B. Vowell, walk ahead of the Talisman Sabre 25 Exercise Directors Brigadier Damian Hill, AM, CSC, (AUS) and Brigadier General Richard A. Goodman Exercise Director (U.S. (right)) on board HMAS Adelaide at Garden Island, Sydney. Courtesy Defence

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