Australian defence force drive their High Mobility Artillery Rocket System for firing during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, Australia's largest-ever war fighting drills at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, near Rockhampton, Australia, Monday, July 14, 2025. - AP Photo/Rick Rycroft
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP): The largest-ever war-fighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, are underway but it is expected to attract the attention of Chinese spy ships.
Australia launched missiles from its M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, known as HIMARS, on Monday during live-fire exercises at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, a 4,500 square kilometer (1,700 square mile) Outback expanse in Queensland state. The HIMARS launchers were recently bought from the United States.
