Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles has officially kicked off Australia’s largest bilateral military exercise with the US, Exercise Talisman Sabre, which officially commences today (21 July) with an opening ceremony onboard HMAS Canberra.
The Deputy Prime Minister is set to be joined by US Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro, for the official opening at Sydney’s Fleet Base East.
Over the next two weeks, 13 nations will participate in high-end multi-domain warfighting across sea, land, air, cyber and space.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles said: “This year, more than 30,000 personnel from 13 participating nations and four observer nations will take part in Exercise Talisman Sabre. The scale and design of the exercise will provide more depth, complexity and challenge for our defence forces as we work together to build our defence cooperation.”
Now in its 10th iteration, 2023 is the largest Exercise Talisman Sabre in terms of its geographical area and the number of participating partners.