<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The largest and most sophisticated wargame exercise on Australian soil is under way in Central Queensland.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Exercise Talisman Sabre is a showcase of the most advanced weaponry from 19 countries, including Australia, the US, the UK, Canada, France, Japan and Germany, and involves about 35,000 personnel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Vietnam and Malaysia are attending as observers.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/anthony-albanese-china-trip-prime-minister-to-meet-with-xi-jinping/6fa824e0-8eaf-4487-8476-3772a8ad4eb6" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>PM hails first-of-its-kind China meeting over crucial $120b export</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/talisman-sabre-military-exercises-australia-china-monitoring/5932c502-9125-4cb6-af94-09551067b767" rel="" target="" title="China is expected to be surveilling the three-week exercise"><span>China is expected to be surveilling the three-week exercise</span></a><span> from a distance.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The exercise's opening act was the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems or HIMARS, a light multiple rocket launcher.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Today was the first time the Australian Army has live-fired our long-range multi-domain platforms being the HIMARS, so it is a remarkable day," Brigadier Nick Wilson said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/talisman-sabre-queensland-multiple-rocket-launcher-tested-in-wargame-exercise-news/73667e21-838e-40e1-a32f-bd41fa53229d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/ukraine-claims-russian-agents-who-assassinated-intelligence-officer-killed/59e123ee-1111-4276-bd15-f12657281ab2" target="_blank"><strong><span>Assassins who killed Ukraine intelligence officer 'eliminated'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The goal of the exercise is to strengthen relationships between allies and partners and to promote a peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are stronger together and in partnering with both our regional and partner nations, we provide like minds in the application of our fire power," Wilson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The operation is usually conducted on Australian territory but for the first time will be extended across the Torres Strait and into Papua New Guinea.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>