Three-hundred-and-thirty-five US paratroopers dropped into Charters Towers under the cover of night, exploiting allied night vision capabilities to launch a surprise operation designed to overwhelm any adversary. 

They were not alone, German and French paratroopers jumped alongside them, taking part in one of the first major actions of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. 

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