Exercise Talisman Sabre, 2025:
India, along with 18 other nations, is participating in Talisman Sabre 2025, a major bilateral military drill led by Australia that commenced recently.
- It is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States, with multinational participation.
- It has been conducted between Australia and the United States biennially since 2005.
- It is conducted across a number of locations across Australia and offshore, using both Defence and non-Defence training areas.
- It is designed to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening partnerships and interoperability among key allies.
- Now in its 11th iteration, Talisman Sabre 2025 is the largest and most sophisticated warfighting exercise ever conducted in Australia.
- More than 35,000 military personnel are participating.
- 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 are participating.
- 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.
