Australia fires first HIMARS long-range rocket in war game with US

Australia’s army fired a truck-mounted long range rocket system that has become a priority for U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific for the first time on Monday, alongside U.S. and Singapore forces firing the same system in joint war games.
Armoured trucks with HIMARS – High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems that can reach 400 km (250 miles) – are in high demand in the Ukraine conflict and are also being acquired by U.S. 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 U.S., Australia, Japan, France, South Korea and Singapore held a live-fire exercise in northern Queensland involving U.S. F-35B fighter jets and land-based long-range strike rockets and missiles.