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Saturday, 30 January 2010

Thai parliament approved budget to purchase more jet fighters


JAS-39 Gripen


By Khmerization

The Thai parliament has on Tuesday 26th approved 16,000 million Baht ($500 million), out of the 19,000 million Baht ($594 million) requested by the government, to purchase new jet fighters, JAS-39 Gripen, to replace the ailing fleet of the U.S-made F16 and F5E jet fighters which have been in service more than years already, reports Khmer Express News.

JAS-39 Gripen jet fighters are designed and manufactured by the Swiss (Swedish?) company SAAB to replace the old designs, the J35 Darken and the AJ37 Viggen.

The Thai Royal Air Force has the largest fleet of F16 and F5E jet fighters in South East Asia.

3 comments:

Heng Soy said...

Bang Khmerization ...It is Sweden, not Swiss. It is manifactured in the district where i live.

Khmerization said...

Dear Kolbotkhmer,
thanks for the info. I thought it is Sweden too because SAAB is a Swedish company, not Swiss company. But Khmer Express News wrote it is a Swiss company. I had checked at the word twice before I translated it.

Anonymous said...

Cambodia should get more SAM's and more extensive radar networks.