Australia’s defence force will be joining with the US military for joint exercises soon. The Talisman Saber are biennial exercises to test ADF/US combat readiness and interoperability, they get underway in a weeks time focusing on operational and tactical interoperability through a high end, medium intensity scenario involving live, virtual and constructive forces.
Meanwhile, anti-war veteran Ciaron O’Reilly is planning on a non-violent resistance to the exercises.
Ciaron has been involved in many such actions, including disabling a U.S. war plane prior to the invasion of Iraq.
While Peter’s description of the purpose of the Talisman Saber exercises came from the ADF website, Ciaron gave us his take on it…
