A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) heads across the Pacific Ocean towards Sydney, Australia, during events marking the start of Talisman Saber 2017, a biennial joint military exercise between the United States and Australia, July 29, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Reed
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia and the United States began their biggest ever joint military exercises on Thursday, a show of force, largely at sea, aimed at sending a message both to allies and potential foes, including China.
The exercises involving 33,000 U.S. and Australian troops on board battleships equipped with strike jets, comes as tension over China's more assertive activity, particularly in the disputed South China Sea, has raised fears of confrontation.
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