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Exercise Highball tested the United States Army’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) capabilities as part of an Australian Joint Operations Command and United States Info-Pacific Command initiative.
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The exercise employed air, land, sea, and space capabilities to test HIMARS long-range fires concepts, Defence explained.
Having been transported from the US onboard a RAAF Globemaster, the system was relayed targeting data that enabled the HIMARS to engage an offshore target.
The exercise was conducted in Lancelin, Western Australia.
The exercise detailed how the Australian Defence Force is expanding its strike capabilities, Air Vice-Marshal Michael Kitcher, acting Chief of Joint Operations, explained.
“Highball has shown the Australian Defence Force and our US partners how we can employ new capabilities like HIMARS at the operational-level,” AVM Kitcher said.
“The Defence Strategic Review emphasised how Australia’s land forces must provide Defence with long-range strike capability.
“Exercise Highball has clearly demonstrated how the ADF is pursuing this need.
“Our region’s strategic environment is rapidly evolving and we look forward to further cooperation with the United States as we continue to invest in capabilities to support the ADF.”
The HIMARS was also deployed as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023.
