News: India has made its debut in Australia’s largest bilateral military exercise, Exercise Talisman Sabre, marking a significant milestone in the deepening defence and security cooperation between the two nations in the Indo-Pacific region.
About Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025
- It is a biennial, multinational military exercise led by Australia and the United States.
- Objectives
- Enhance joint operational capability and readiness in simulated crisis-action planning and multi-domain operations.
- Strengthen coalition partnerships and collective security arrangements.
- Inaugural edition: Talisman Sabre began in 2005 as a biennial joint exercise between the United States and Australia.
- 2025 edition: It is the 11th edition and will involve approximately 35,000 military personnel from 19 countries and an additional 3 observer countries, making it one of the largest iterations of the exercise to date.
- Participating countries: Canada, Fiji, France, Germany, India (for the first time), Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, and the United Kingdom.
- Malaysia and Vietnam are attending as observers.
- Locations: The exercise is conducted primarily across Australia (notably Queensland, the Northern Territory, and offshore ranges)
- The exercise will also take place in Papua New Guinea, Australia’s nearest neighbor. It is the first time Talisman Sabre activities have been held outside Australia.
