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{ CHINA WATCH } MORE THAN 35,000 MILITARY PERSONNEL ARE TAKING PART Australia hosts largest-ever military exercise with 19 nations
Hindustan Times Patna
|July 15, 2025
The largest-ever war-fighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, are underway and expected to attract the attention of Chinese spy ships.
Talisman Sabre began in 2005 as a biennial joint exercise between the United States and Australia.
This year, more than 35,000 military personnel from 19 nations, including Canada, Fiji, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, and the United Kingdom, will take part over three weeks, Australia’s defence department said on Sunday.
Malaysia and Vietnam are also attending as observers.
This story is from the July 15, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Patna.
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