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US Special Forces Join Massive War Games in Australia

NORTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, JUL 21 – Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 involved over 35,000 personnel from 19 nations conducting advanced joint operations across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains to enhance regional deterrence.

  • On July 21, 2025, the US-UK armada took to the water at Shoalwater Bay for Talisman Sabre drills.
  • Growing from a bilateral event, Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 now includes 19 countries and over 40,000 personnel, expanding its strategic scope.
  • Japanese Self-Defense Force fired two sea-skimming missiles, 'both missiles fired with different trajectories and hit the target at the same time,' Brigadier Damian Hill said.
  • In a key move, two USAF pilots flew allied RAAF F-35A Lightning IIs, aiming to normalize F-35 cooperation in the Pacific.
  • Looking ahead, the drills underlined preparedness to defend vital sea lanes and partners, projecting a deterrent posture against Chinese naval operations in the First Island Chain.
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KBZK broke the news in on Monday, July 21, 2025.
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