“Enemy forces" are dug in and poised in the jungles of Northern Australia waiting for thousands of allied troops to storm ashore and drop from the skies for the nation’s biggest war game — Talisman Sabre 2015. More than 30,000 soldiers, marines, sailors and flyers from Australia, the US, New Zealand and Japan will participate in the exercise scenario.

This week a Dirt Radio discussion of the implications and environmental costs of the bi-annual Talisman Sabre war 'games'/rehearsal.