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Woomera Test Range

Australian Army soldier Gunner Thomas Hayes, from 111 Battery, 16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, helps load a Sidewinder missile on a NASAMS High-Mobility Launcher during a live-fire certification activity at Woomera Test Range, South Australia. Story and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
Australian Army News 

Gap-year gunners fire up new capability

25/06/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 941 Views 0 Comments 16th Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, Gap Year program, NASAMS, Woomera Test Range

Gunner Thomas Hayes reckons he got a better deal than his mates. CAPTION: Australian Army soldier Gunner Thomas Hayes, from 111

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The National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System fires an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile during its first Australian live-fire at Woomera Test Range in South Australia. Story and photos by Private Nicholas Marquis.
Australian Army News 

New National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile tested

21/11/202309/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2496 Views 0 Comments 16th Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, AMRAAM missiles, Chief of Army, Defence Strategic Review, HX77 Truck, NASAMS, Woomera Test Range

The roar of the rocket engine broke through the silence as the first Australian live-fire of the National Advanced Surface

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16th Air Land Regiment personnel launch an RBS-70 anti-aircraft missile at the Woomera Range Complex in South Australia.
Australian Australian Army News Videos 

16th Air Land Regiment live-fires at Woomera

30/04/201830/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7104 Views 0 Comments 110th Field Battery, 16th Air Land Regiment, Woomera Test Range

Earlier this month, 110th Field Battery, 16th Air Land Regiment, conducted Exercise Remagen Bridge – an all-arms air-defence (AAAD) and

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HIFiRE 5b rocket launches successfully at the Woomera Test Range in South Australia on May 18, 2016. Photo by Corporal Bill Solomou
Australian News Science & Technology 

A remote rocket launch that didn’t upset USA

11/07/201711/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4496 Views 0 Comments Defence Science and Technology Group, HIFiRE, hypersonic international flight research experimentation, US Air Force Research Laboratory, Woomera Test Range

Minister for Defence Marise Payne yesterday congratulated the Defence Science and Technology Group and the US Air Force Research Laboratory

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