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Army soldiers from 9th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, conduct basic soldier skills during Exercise El Adem, at Beecroft Weapons Range, Jervis Bay. Story by Major Tim Sydenham. Photos by Corporal Lisa Sherman.

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Gunners practise tactics with rifles and drones

10/04/202612/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 544 Views 0 Comments 9th Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, Army Reserve, Beecroft Weapons Range, Exercise El Adem, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS)

While their expertise is in the use of small uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), soldiers from 9th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery,

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A RAAF EA-18G Growler crew fires an AIM-9X Sidewinder (Block II) missile at a BQM-74E aerial target during Exercise Archer 2025. Story by Flight Lieutenant Grace Casey-Maughan. Photo supplied.

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US joins air and missile defence trials off NSW

19/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 4695 Views 0 Comments AIM-9X Sidewinder, Beecroft Weapons Range, Exercise Archer, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Williamtown, US Air Force, US Navy

Australian and United States naval and air forces have completed live missile firing and advanced target trials off the NSW

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Soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force launch a Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile at Beecroft Weapons Range, New South Wales during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Photo by Petty Officer Peter Thompson.

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Talisman Sabre hosts military first with Japan

25/07/202325/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 3564 Views 0 Comments Beecroft Weapons Range, Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023, HMAS Canberra, Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF)

In an Australian-military first, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has conducted a live fire demonstration of a Type 12

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