{"id":38111,"date":"2021-07-20T18:30:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T18:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/07\/20\/army-fires-this-missile-for-the-first-time-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:16:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:16:42","slug":"army-fires-this-missile-for-the-first-time-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/07\/20\/army-fires-this-missile-for-the-first-time-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Army fires this missile for the first time in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Soldiers with the 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade conducted the first Patriot Missile System live fire in Australia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

For the first time, the Army has fired its Patriot surface-to-air missile on the Australian continent<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soldiers with the 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, hit target drones with the missile system on Friday as the bi-annual Talisman Sabre military exercise kicked off, according to an Army statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 17,000 participants from seven nations are involved in this year\u2019s multinational exercise, which runs from late June to mid-August. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week and next week are the peak portions for boots hitting beaches and rounds going downrange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The early aim of a major combined arms exercise this past weekend was to thwart simulated Chinese military ships that might get a little too close to the Australian coast for comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\t