RAA Liaison Letter – 2025 / 2026 Edition 99 rotary‑wing threat, preserving a protected window for firing units to reset, reload and reposition. The battery’s coverage was synchronised with airspace control and movement timings to keep launcher hides, reload sites and command posts protected while the gunlines transitioned. JGSDF Chu-SAM engaging an Air Threat In the Australian context, ground‑based air defence is limited and typically held above the tactical level, which drives disciplined prioritization of what to protect, when, and for how long. That reality places a premium on signature discipline, dispersion and deception and mobility to ensure protection in the rear in lieu of consistent coverage of tactical integrated air and missile defence coverage. Conclusion The Combined Joint Live Fire Exercise at Talisman Sabre 2025 was Australia’s most complex joint firepower demonstration to date, executed safely and at tempo with twelve partner nations. In the deep, USMC air opened the window, Australian ISR and targeting assets held it open, and HIMARS from Australia, the United States and Singapore exploited it with precision guided effects. In the close, an Australian and USMC M777A2 gunline suppressed and protected the maneuver force while ROKMC K9A1 SPH’s executed counter‑fires whilst Australian detachments displaced and re‑engaged to continue the fight. In the rear, the JGSDF Chu‑SAM protected priority logistics nodes that enabled critical ammunition resupply. The demonstration of a multilateral live fire of GMLRS from the United States and Singapore and the K239 Chun Moo from the Republic of Korea prior to the CJLFX underscored the enhanced interoperability and lethality Talisman Sabre 25 sought to represent. Taken together, the CJLFX exhibited a fires enterprise that finds, decides and strikes at range, deconflicts airspace, maneuvers gunlines under threat, executes Counterfires at tempo, and protects its sustainment base. The first Australian HIMARS live fire transformed aspiration into capability; coalition gunlines, a realistic counter‑battery fight and layered rear‑area defence underscored a force that is connected, interoperable and accelerating. It left no doubt: Australia is rapidly building combat‑credible long‑range fires, and 10 Brigade is knitting the pieces together—people, sensors, shooters and sustainment—into a coherent, repeatable way of war across depth. Alone and Unafraid: Procedural Mastery in Short Range Air Defence Captain Matthew White Introduction Somewhere on the North-West coast of Australia, in the near future … A young Tactical Control Officer occupies the TCO seat inside the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) Fire Distribution Centre (FDC). The small cabin is designed to be mounted on the back of a medium sized truck, feeling both roomy and cramped at the same time. The rhythmic hum of the air conditioning has a soporific effect, as all is quiet save for the hourly radio check. The Troop has been out here for months, providing a forward Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) node. The only excitement tonight should be a couple of friendly air movements by aircraft transiting back in. Good opportunity to chat to the Air Defence Artillery Fire Control Officer (ADAFCO) at least, or whomever is pulling the
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