Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 | 15 Jul 2025

Source: TH 

India, for the first time, is participating in the 11th edition of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, a major Australia-led multinational military exercise. 

Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 

• About: Exercise Talisman Sabre, launched in 2005 and held biennially, began as a bilateral military drill between Australia and the US and has since evolved into a major multinational warfighting exercise involving key Indo-Pacific partners apart from European partners. 
  • The 11^th and largest-ever edition of this exercise involves over 35,000 military personnel from 19 nations, including Australia, US, India, Japan, France, UK, and others, showcasing enhanced multinational coordination and capability. 
  • Conducted across Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, New South Wales, and Christmas Island, with first-time extension to Papua New Guinea, marking expanded regional engagement. 
• Objective: It aims to promote a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific, enhance military readiness, interoperability, joint operational capability and reinforce the regional security architecture among allied nations. 
• Location: Organised across multiple Defence and non-Defence training areas in Australia and offshore locations. 
• Key Military Activities: Includes live-fire drills, field training, amphibious landings, ground force manoeuvres, air combat, maritime operations, and force preparation exercises, enhancing joint warfighting capabilities. 

Key India-Australia Military Exercises 

• Ausindex (naval), Pitch Black (air), Austrahind (military). 

Key India-US Military Exercises 

• Yudh Abhyas (military), Tiger Triumph, Cope India (air) and Vajra Prahar.