The largest-ever Talisman Sabre exercise is underway in Australia, bringing together over 40,000 military personnel from 19 nations, including the US, UK, Australia, and Japan.
The drills feature dramatic airborne operations, live-fire missile tests, and joint naval maneuvers, with US and UK aircraft carriers operating together in the Pacific for the first time in a generation. New missile systems and advanced air defense capabilities were showcased, highlighting growing interoperability among allies. The exercise is widely seen as a show of force and deterrence amid rising tensions with China, which was reportedly caught spying on the drills.
The unprecedented scale and multinational participation underscore a unified commitment to Indo-Pacific security.
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