Reuters described it as a "show of force and unity at a time when China has emerged as an increasingly assertive power in the Indo-Pacific." It is the largest since 2005, with more than 30,000 military personnel from 13 countries participating, according to media reports. The two-week-long military exercise, known as Talisman Sabre 2023, officially commenced on Friday. Though impressive on paper, the exercise cannot really persuade all participants to serve the US' purpose, experts said. The largest ever ongoing Australia-US joint military exercise, which involves 13 countries, has been deemed as a "paper tiger" by Chinese experts. Artillery is fired during joint military drills at a firing range in northern Australia as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre, the largest combined training activity between Australia and the US, in Shoalwater Bay, Australia, on July 22, 2023.
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