RAA Liaison Letter 2024 - 2025 Edition

RAA Liaison Letter – 2024 / 2025 Edition 62 Countries members of the Regiment have been deployed to on Exercised in 2024: • United States • Malaysia • Papua New Guinea • South Korea • Japan • Indonesia • Singapore • New Zealand • Cyprus • Egypt • United Kingdom • France The Regiment continues to work hard to provide the Brigade with timely Joint Fires and Effects to achieve an advantage. The by-product of our professionalism and work ethic is the trust the Brigade has in us, as we continue to hone our skills and ready ourselves to meet whatever challenges lie ahead. Australia launches first PrSM at ‘Talisman Sabre 25' Meredith Roaten 25 July 2025, Janes Defence The Australian Army has launched its first Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) as part of Exercise ‘Talisman Sabre 25' on 25 July, a US Army official told reporters on 24 July. Soldiers from the 14th Regiment, 10th Brigade, fired PrSM at Mount Bundey Training Area, signifying a new level of co-operation between the army and one of its AUKUS counterparts, said US Army Colonel Jon Harvey, director of theatre fires element for US Army Pacific. Australia signed an agreement with the US to co- produce PrSM Inc 1. Over 10 years, the country will provide $310 million (USD203.8 million) towards production. About $150 million over the next five years will procure enough initial quantities of the capability required to establish the first Long-Range Fires Regiment. The 10th Brigade is a new formation based out of Edinburgh Defence Precinct in Adelaide. It will have the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) and M142 High- Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers, which will launch PrSM. During the live fire, a HIMARS launcher sent PrSM about 70 km to hit a stationary target, Alex Miller, chief technology officer to the US Army Chief of Staff, told reporters on 25 July. Flight time was expected to be about six to seven minutes, he said. This is significantly less than PrSM's objective range of more than 400 km. 8th/12th Regiment RAA hroughout 2024, several elements of the Regiment deployed to the Kimberley Marine Park in Western Australia on Operation Resolute. 1st Brigade formed sub-unit rotations of Task Unit Predator, responsible for intercepting Foreign Fishing Vessels under the direction of Maritime Border Command and in coordination with the Australian Border Force. 101st Battery completed the Regiment’s first rotation in February, with Regimental Headquarters and Operations Support Battery forming the Joint Task Group Headquarters. With a small boats platoon composed of Artillery Observers and reconnaissance infantrymen from 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, the battery’s deployment to the Kimberley proved to be an excellent evaluation activity for the brigade’s task-organized formation reconnaissance. 103rd Battery then deployed in June. This afforded the gunners an opportunity to build watermanship skills and qualify in driving small boats, a far cry from their traditional tasks on the gun line. 103 Battery members deployed on Operation RESOLUTE with the Rotary Wing Aeromedical Evacuation crew at Truscott- Mangalalu Airbase, Western Australia 1st Brigade resumed their contribution to Operation Resolute in September, with Task Unit Predator growing to a two-platoon construct with health, logistics, and intelligence attachments. After force concentrating in October, 102 ‘Coral’ Battery deployed to the Kimberley Marine Park from November. Now equipped with Multi-Rotor Uncrewed Aerial Systems, Ground Surveillance Radars, and thermal imaging target designators, Coral Battery established several observation posts and T