In recent years, the Thai military establishment has often responded to global question on its relationship with China and the West, by saying, quote: “China is Thailand’s close relative and the West is Thailand’s close friend.” In fact, that special relation between Thailand and China, has seen ASEAN, in a host of difficulties with China…
Prayuth’s Boast & Malaysia’s Snub On this past Sunday, Thai junta head, Prayuth, went on TV and “Boasted” that foreign countries were more understanding of Thailand. However, just a day earlier, Bangkok Post national security journalist twittered, that Malaysia, similar to Thailand in having an elite ruling class governs the country in a very monopolistic…
Prayuth’s junta is in a great deal of insane moves, like arresting anyone, who holds up three fingers in public, as a sign of protest against the coup. In fact, the insanity is to the point, Prayuth went on TV, to say he has no problem with people raising three fingers, but quote: “Just do…
A well know USA, TV News personality, at the conservative FOX News, Greta, a week ago, came out to call the Thai people “Jerks” for the incident involving the Thai military, having information on the missing Malaysian airline, but kept the information to itself, for about 10 days, giving the information to no-one. The question…
Asian Military Defense Review reports; Thai Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yingluck Shinawatra met with Fan Changlong, vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission on Wednesday. The two sides agreed to further strengthen military relations. Noting that #Thailand and #China have established friendly cooperative relations by treating each other with trust and sincerity, Yingluck said…
The cabinet is on Tuesday approved the navy’s plan to procure a new frigate worth US$500 billion baht from South Korea. Prime Minister and newly Defense Minister Yingluck Shinawatra reportedly backs the plan and met navy commander Adm Surasak Rounroengrom recently. Under the proposal, the navy will contract Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering to build…
Prayuth has come out to back PM Yingluck’s holding the Defense Minister portfolio. “The decision [to take on the defence portfolio] lies with the prime minister and the government. We subordinates must respect the decision made by our superiors. I believe this decision will improve the southern situation because she can make decisions and issue…
By Royal Thai Embassy DC The Royal Thai Air Force is in the market for an unmanned air system (UAS), more commonly referred to as drones, according to a report from an Israeli online newspaper, Jewish Business News. The paper said that Thai military officials have been examining various drone systems from different manufacturers, including…
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