Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025:
India, for the first time, is participating in the 11th edition of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, a major Australia-led multinational military exercise.
- Exercise Talisman Sabre, launched in 2005 and held biennially, began as a bilateral military drill between Australia and the US and has since evolved into a major multinational warfighting exercise involving key Indo-Pacific partners apart from European partners.
- The 11th and largest-ever edition of this exercise involves over 35,000 military personnel from 19 nations, including Australia, US, India, Japan, France, UK, and others, showcasing enhanced multinational coordination and capability.
- Conducted across Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, New South Wales, and Christmas Island, with first-time extension to Papua New Guinea, marking expanded regional engagement.
- It aims to promote a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific, enhance military readiness, interoperability, joint operational capability and reinforce the regional security architecture among allied nations.
