India joins bilateral military exercise in Australia

India, on with 18 different nations, is participating successful Talisman Sabre 2025, a large bilateral subject drill led by Australia that commenced connected Sunday (July 13, 2025).

Now successful its 11th iteration, the Talisman Sabre is the largest and astir blase warfighting workout ever conducted successful Australia, the Department of Defence, Australia, said successful a statement. The workout unites much than 35,000 subject unit from 19 nations.

“Over the adjacent 3 weeks, much than 35,000 subject unit from Australia and partnering nations volition deploy crossed Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, New South Wales and Christmas Island [in Australia]. For the archetypal time, activities volition besides beryllium conducted extracurricular of Australia successful Papua New Guinea,” the connection said.

In summation to the U.S., subject 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 U.K. would articulation arsenic partners. Malaysia and Vietnam volition be arsenic observers.

This variation of the subject workout would dwell of live-fire exercises and tract grooming activities, incorporating unit mentation activities, amphibious landings, crushed unit manoeuvres, and aerial combat and maritime operations. It volition besides diagnostic a scope of caller Australian Defence Force capabilities, including UH-60M Black Hawks and the Precision Strike Missile.

Vice-Admiral Justin Jones, the Chief of Joint Operations, Royal Australian Navy, volition articulation Lieutenant General Joel B. Vowell, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Pacific, for the authoritative opening astatine Garden Island, Sydney, Australia.