Former deputy PM launches drive to buy Cambodian landmines at 10,000 baht each
WITH five Thai soldiers having lost a leg each after stepping on landmines along the Thai-Cambodian border from July 16 till today Aug. 14 former deputy prime minister Plodprasop Suraswadi has now launched a campaign to buy them from Khmer troops at 10,000 baht each, Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said. In his […]
Read MoreAir Force Chief to sign for four more Gripen jets
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AIR FORCE CHIEF ACM Panpakdee Patanakul is scheduled to leave for Sweden later this month to close a purchase deal for another four Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets, an air force source confirmed today (Aug.5). The four Gripen fighter jets reportedly constitute an initial batch of a dozen Swedish-made […]
Read MoreNavy’s Chinese submarine project still undergoing ‘viability study’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said today (Nov. 27) the navy’s long-delayed project to buy a Chinese-built submarine is as yet being put on hold, pending a “viability study” on it. Phumtham said the navy’s plan to procure the 12.4 billion baht, Yuan-class S26T submarine without a German-made engine […]
Read MoreAstonishing sign offering to buy haunted houses put up in Rayong
MOTORISTS driving along a road in Rayong were shocked to see a sign saying two persons whose names and telephone numbers were clearly stated wanted to buy haunted houses, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Nov.21). This mysterious sign became the talk of the town after a 48-year-old man, only identified as Uncle Kai, spotted […]
Read MoreAdmirals on edge over political factor in Chinese submarine project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ANXIETY AND DOUBT have prevailed among commanding admirals over the political factor in a long-delayed scheme for the navy to buy a Chinese-built S26T submarine with a Chinese-made engine, a navy source said over the weekend. Those admirals apparently feared Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, widely known as a right-hand man […]
Read MoreChinese submarine purchase plan to be finalised sooner than later
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEFENCE MINISTER PHUMTHAM Wechayachai confirmed last night (Oct. 25) the navy’s long-delayed plan to buy a Chinese-built S26T submarine will be finalised sooner than later. Phumtham said the navy’s plan to buy the Yuan-class S26T submarine from China Shipbuilding & Offshore International with a Chinese-made engine to be installed aboard […]
Read MoreUS govt offers loan for Thai Air Force purchase of F-16 Block 70 jets
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT has offered to loan Thailand for a purchase of a squadron of Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 fighter jets, confirmed Defence Minister Suthin Khlangsang today (July 4). During a recent meeting with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, US Ambassador to Thailand Robert F. Godec has offered […]
Read MorePM shrugs off Navy Chief’s concern over delayed Chinese submarine purchase
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (July 3) shrugged off Navy Chief Adm Adung Pan-iam’s expressed concern over a sustained delay in the navy’s Chinese-built submarine purchase plan, pending a final cabinet approval. In the presence of reporters, Defence Minister Suthin Khlangsang verbally confirmed to the prime minister that he has […]
Read MoreNavy Chief worried about govt delay over Chinese-built submarine purchase
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NAVY CHIEF ADM ADUNG Pan-iam today (July 2) expressed concern over a sustained delay in a final approval from the Pheu Thai-led government for the navy’s contentious plan to buy a Chinese-built submarine. Adm Adung was responding to news reports that Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had been worried about some […]
Read MoreAir force to choose to buy either F-16 Block 70/72 or JAS 39E fighter jets in June
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE AIR FORCE IS scheduled in the upcoming June to choose to purchase either a squadron of Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70/72 Fighting Falcon or a squadron of Saab JAS 39E Gripen fighter jets, according to air force chief ACM Panpakdee Pattanakul. Both types of combat aircraft have so far […]
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