Australia fires first Himars long-range rocket in war game with US
Armoured trucks with High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) that can reach 400km are in high demand in the Ukraine conflict and are also being acquired by US allies in the Indo-Pacific, including Australia, which is reshaping its forces to respond to China's military build-up.
On the first day of Australia's largest war games, "Talisman Sabre", the US, Australia, Japan, France, South Korea and Singapore held a live-fire exercise in northern Queensland involving US F-35B fighter jets and land-based long-range strike rockets and missiles.
Up to 40,000 troops from 19 nations are taking part in Talisman Sabre, across thousands of kilometres from Australia's Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island to the Coral Sea on Australia's east coast.
Australian Army Brig Nick Wilson, director-general of the combined live-fire exercise, said it was the first time Australia, Singapore and the US had fired HIMARS together, and the first firing by Australia on home soil.
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