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Australia and US Accelerate Long-Range Precision Fires With Early PrSM Test

The early live-fire test underscores a shift to integrate land-based deterrence networks across the Indo-Pacific.

An Australian High Mobility Artillery Rocket System fires a Precision Strike Missile from the Mount Bundey Training Area in the Northern Territory, Australia, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 on July 25, 2025.
Precision Strike Missile (PrSM).
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Overview

  • Australia conducted the first live-fire of the Precision Strike Missile from a HIMARS launcher at Mount Bundey on July 27, marking the missile’s first operational use by a force outside the United States.
  • The test occurred two years ahead of schedule after both HIMARS launchers and PrSM munitions arrived ahead of planned delivery dates.
  • During Exercise Talisman Sabre, US and Australian troops airlifted a HIMARS system and support vehicle to Christmas Island for simulated long-range strikes to showcase mobile, survivable fires.
  • A Memorandum of Understanding commits Australia and the US to co-develop and produce PrSM with planned upgrades extending its range beyond 1,000 kilometers and options for domestic manufacturing.
  • These advances bolster deterrence by expanding integrated, land-based long-range strike capabilities in response to rising Chinese military activity in the Indo-Pacific.