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The army carried out the first precision typing missile test in Australia using Himars

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During a marked moment, the army carried out a live shooting test of its precision typing missiles in Australia, the very first in the west of the international dateline.

The test, seen in images obtained by Fox News Digital, marks a significant progression in the long -term strike capacities of the region. The precision strike missile (PRSM) has a non -classified range of 300 miles and can reach mobile targets on land or at sea.

The test saw a PRSM manufactured by the United States launched from a Rocket System (Himars) vehicle with high mobility (Himars) belonging to Australian Defense Force.

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It was a show of strength between the United States and Australia at an era of increasing tension in Indo-Pacific.

“This is only one of the key stages that we take throughout the region to dissuade conflicts, while ensuring that our soldiers have the best available capacities,” said the army secretary Dan Driscollwho observed the test in the Mount Bundey training area in Australia. “The PRSM allows our forces to hold land and sea in danger, which gives a break from the opponents and increases deterrence.”

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In a marked moment, the army carried out on Friday a live shooting test of its precision typing missiles in Australia, the very first in the west of the International Dateline. (American army)

The PRSM is the most recent addition of the American army to its long-range precision light portfolio (LRPF), a triad of advanced striking systems which includes missiles launched by Himars, the mid-range capacity platform and the Dark Eagle hypersonic missile.

While Himars has already proven itself in combat areas like Ukraine, where its ability to quickly draw and escape the counterattack has made it a prized system, the integration of the PRSM into this platform considerably improves its strategic utility.

The mobile launcher can be deployed from the C-17 and C-130 planes, a landing machine of the American navy and even ships at sea, a capacity tested in joint exercises with the US Navy and Marine Corps.

Unlike the 90 -mile multiple launching rocket system guided the multiple rocket system (ER GMLRS), which draws six missiles by Himars, the PRSM contains two missiles per launcher and can reach more than triple distance.

When asked why the missiles were an important part of the preparation of a potential war in Indo-Pacific, Driscoll told journalists: “I think that if you look at the way conflicts take place now, which is not rewarded, it is large massive presence with static and large footprints and signatures.

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A PRSM manufactured by the United States was launched from a high mobility vehicle in the artillery rocket system belonging to Australian Defense Force. (American army)

The Himars field continues through the American Indo-Pacific command, the 25th infantry division in Hawaii recently received 16 launchers, a first for a light infantry division responsible for the jungle and the archiped war. Officials say they seek to increase the production of ammunition with key allies.

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The test comes after it revealed that the Pentagon pressed Australia in private to define how it could help if the war broke out on a Chinese Taiwan invasion. Australia responded by stressing that it did not commit troops before any conflict.

Daniel Driscoll, President Donald Trump's candidate as the army secretary of the Ministry of Defense, testifies before a hearing of the Senate of Armed Services on his appointment to Capitol Hill, Thursday, January 30, 2025, in Washington

Army secretary Dan Driscoll, who observed the test in the Mont Bundey training area in Australia. (AP)

Australia does not authorize the permanent foreign military bases, but the United States widens its rotational presence on Australian sites. Australia and the United States recently led a major joint exercise in Sydney involving 30,000 soldiers from 19 countries.

He also arrives at a time when Washington is reconsidering if we have to sell nuclear class submarines from Virginia to Sydney through the Australia-UK-US agreement (Aukus).

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The three nations would jointly design a new class of submarines, Australian production starting in the 2040s.

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