A Change of Guard

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Tuesday 30 June 2009

Hun Sen warned that one Cambodian soldier will fight against five Thai soldiers



Source: Deum Ampil newspaper
Reported in English by Khmerization

Prime Minister Hun Sen (pictured) has reiterated again during a graduation ceremony at the Institute of Education on the morning of Tuesday 30th June that Cambodia does not want a war with Thailand regarding the Preah Vihear conflict, but Cambodia reserves the rights to self-defence should Thailand continues to violate Cambodian sovereignty.

Deum Ampil newspaper quoted Mr. Hun Sen as saying that he had told Mr. Suthep Tausuban, the visiting Thai Deputy PM, that he has to keep his ealier comments that the Preah Vihear issue is off the agenda in their meeting.

According to Deum Ampil, Mr. Hun Sen had also warned Thailand not to use force against Cambodia. Mr. Hun Sen was quoted as saying that even if Thailand has more than 300,000 troops and Cambodia has just more than 100,000 troops, experiences in Iraq has seen American troops got bogged down in a quagmire. Mr. Hun Sen said: "So, I have told the Thai Defence Minister that if Thailand wants to fight a war with Cambodia, Thailand has to use 3-5 soldiers against one Cambodia soldier or 30,000-50,000 Thai soldiers against 10,000 battle-hardened Cambodian soldiers."

Military analysts estimated that Thailand has more than 301,000 regulars plus about 200,000 reservists equipped with 315 jet fighters, over 180 helicopters, 360 main battle tanks, 460 light tanks, 1150 armoured personnel carriers, 650 heavy artilleries, 240 anti-aircraft artilleries, one aircraft carrier and around 240 navy ships.

On the ather hand, Cambodia has only about 140,000 troops, with a few battle tanks, a few small naval vessels, a few old jet fighters, a few anti-aircraft artilleries, a few field artilleries and a few helicopters.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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