Published: 9/04/2011
Bangkok Post
The two-day Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission meeting has ended at the Bogor Palace in West Java with nothing resolved.
Thailand and Cambodia entered the talks in Indonesia to try to resolve their border spat.
"This matter [the border dispute] cannot be solved with one meeting," Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (pictured) said, according to the Jakarta Post newspaper.
Mr Marty said he would have informal meetings with his Thai and Cambodian counterparts to discuss the problem, which he said was complex.
Meanwhile, the Royal Thai Navy will conduct an annual naval exercise as part of security preparations for any possible maritime disputes with Cambodia, with newly-acquired Gripen jet fighters taking part.
The navy will launch a joint naval exercise with the Royal Thai Air Force in the Gulf of Thailand near Sattahip in Chon Buri on April 21-22.
A military source said the exercise is part of measures to prepare for any maritime territorial conflict with Cambodia.
On April 21, Supreme Commander Songkitti Jaggabatara and navy chief Kamthorn Phumhiran will stay and spend a night on HTMS Chakri Naruebet to watch the naval exercises.
Gripen jet fighters and Saab 340 aircraft will also take part in fleet escort and air interception operations. This will be the first mission of Gripen jet fighters which the air force has bought from Sweden.
The two-day Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission meeting has ended at the Bogor Palace in West Java with nothing resolved.
Thailand and Cambodia entered the talks in Indonesia to try to resolve their border spat.
"This matter [the border dispute] cannot be solved with one meeting," Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (pictured) said, according to the Jakarta Post newspaper.
Mr Marty said he would have informal meetings with his Thai and Cambodian counterparts to discuss the problem, which he said was complex.
Meanwhile, the Royal Thai Navy will conduct an annual naval exercise as part of security preparations for any possible maritime disputes with Cambodia, with newly-acquired Gripen jet fighters taking part.
The navy will launch a joint naval exercise with the Royal Thai Air Force in the Gulf of Thailand near Sattahip in Chon Buri on April 21-22.
A military source said the exercise is part of measures to prepare for any maritime territorial conflict with Cambodia.
On April 21, Supreme Commander Songkitti Jaggabatara and navy chief Kamthorn Phumhiran will stay and spend a night on HTMS Chakri Naruebet to watch the naval exercises.
Gripen jet fighters and Saab 340 aircraft will also take part in fleet escort and air interception operations. This will be the first mission of Gripen jet fighters which the air force has bought from Sweden.
13 comments:
Let they "joint naval exercise with the Royal Thai Air Force " All they want but everything cost monies and Thailand government Bank account don't have too many digits in there. before they know the debt is mounting up all theirs toys are high maintenance.
But on the other hand Cambodia should strengthen her military too not depend too much on negotiation it never work and never will.
Thailand is flexing more muscles by showing off itself as the big bad-ass who's going to kick Cambodia's ass with its navy power. In this case, hoping to intimidate Cambodia to submission with its own naval exercise using Saab's Gripen and 340 or whatever the hell. Thailand thinks like America, talk shit, carry big guns, and bully someone less than its own size. By the way, what's is so great about Saab 340. It's just a generic twin engine turbo-prop buzzing through the cloud just waiting to be smoked out of the sky by SAM anyway. Now, Saab JAS-39Gripen is a sweet fighters, cost about $70 millions a pop. Thailand have 6. Gripen or not, if the mighty America F-22 Raptor and F-117 Nighthawk can be shot down, Gripen doesn't sound as cool any more. Thailand had been allocating alot of that hard earn money on military spending. It'd better not go broke from buying all those military hardwares. Thailand better hope that bank account doesn't have insufficent fund.
It seem cambodia is waiting for something .
There are rumours cambodia pilots are stil training in china and there are a lot of military hardware just arrived in the country recently ( 74 units of PHL-03 12 units of long range missiles from russia and more BM 21).
If those Rumours are trues it take time to learn to use the equipments .
when those pilots are graduates they come back with 50 J10 fighter jets.
3:43 pm
I hope it's true. We really need them. Can you provide evidence that these things will happend. It would make ne very happy
4:50 PM
there's no concretes evidences about a months ago after the clashed there are some kind of shipment from china at sihanoukvile port quite a lots big trucks and something else .a couple day later his excellency hun sen made the comments "we need indonesian observers for a couple of months will do" . at the same time at bayon TV soy sopheap and the news reader made the comments " if thailand going to war with us or use fighter jets attack us I assure thailand airport will not able to land a single aircraft. it mean cambodia will use long range missiles to attack thailand airport.
Thailand have the issue with russia (viktor bout russian arm dealer).
I just hope like you if its true those PHL-03 will freak out any invaders (to my calculation 74 units of PHL-03 come to 1 billion dollars but its a donation).
Kasit pirom thai foreign minister angrily made the comment on national TV"cambodia got 4 super powers backer why cambodia dare go to war with Thailand".
And in bangkok post there's thai girl call meme made a comments cambodia received defect bm 30 from china.
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I just hope like you because those PHL-03 will freak out thailand big time .
that is rumour i heard a month a go from people working at sihanoukvile port the guy told me there a donation from china of 74 units of PHL-03 trucks and 12 units of long rage missiles from russia ( that make sense because russia have issue with thailand viktor bout russian arm dealer if you ever heard a bout him).
earlier Kasit thai foreign minister angrily made the comment on thai national television " khmer dare to go to war with us because khmer got 4 super power backers.
great man if we have those phl03 we won't concern much about thailand anymore at least here the spec of phl03:
The PHL03, also referred as the Type 03, multiple launch rocket system is a Chinese version of the Russian BM-30 Smerch. It was developed by NORINCO and reportedly entered service with the Chinese army in 2004 - 2005. The PHL03 is being proposed for the export customers as the AR-2. Currently it is one of the most powerful artillery rocket systems in the world.
The PHL03 has 12 tubes for 300-mm rockets. The standard rocket weights around 800 kg. Some sources claim that it's maximum firing range is 150 km, however it is most likely to be up to 100 km. It is unknown what type of warheads are available for the PHL03. These probably include HE-FRAG and cluster warheads with anti-armor and anti-personnel submunitions.
The PHL03 is based on a Wanshan 8x8 high mobility truck chassis.
A reloading vehicle is based on the same 8x8 chassis and is fitted with a hydraulic crane and carries 12 reload rockets. Reloading usually takes place remotely from firing position, to avoid counter-battery fire.
deputy PM tea bunh last year visited chinese arm manufacturer and the US arm manufacturer looking for something but the rumours cambodia air-force consider sukhoi su 30 is the best option.
I hope we do something than let thai intimidate us.
If we get the Chinese and Russian multiple missile launchers it would be great but still not enough because Thailand has far greater arm arsenals than Cambodia like more than 300 fighter jets, more than 1000 military helicopters, more than 1000 tanks, one aircraft carrier and many warships plus over 300,000 troops and many, many rocket launchers and $4 billion of military budget per year. Cambodia on the other hand had no fighter jets, few helicopters and tanks and only about 140,000 poorly-trained troops and the Cambodian military budget is only $250 million per year. So in order to counter the Thai military build up, Cambodia need to increase military budget to $4 billion, buy at least 300 fighter jets, one aircraft carrier, thousands of helicopters and tanks, as well as increased troop numbers. Look at this comparison, it would be hard for Cambodia to stand up to Thailand militarily. However, Cambodia must stand firm when it comes to protecting Cambodian sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Marty Natalegawa got thai wife
few years back when arnold was the Candidate for California governor the TV channel his wife working (NBC)they did not allow his wife to co-anchor for NBC news .even in the casino you not allow to do the any dealing with your family .
now the stake is bigger than california governor Mr Marty Natalegawa should known better.
Hey, I got Thai wife too. I think everybody should have Thai wife. Thai wife is great. Thai wife is an excellent server, day and night.
all thailand toys are old even those F16 are second hand(http://news.voicetv.co.th/in-english/4399-ex-air-force-pilots-secondhand-f-16s-highly-maneuverable.html). if you look at the submarines they going to buy that Germany going to de-commission it is a scape metal (30 years old)even normal passenger bus got engines bigger than those sub-marines thai-army just look good from the outside (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Thai_Army).
those thai general there for the money any of those thai generals never been in the battle fields when the rocket fell they cry.
this is just BM 21 what if those BM 30 (wipe out 64 hectare square Km) but it not cheap if cambodia can get free we in business.
if you old enough during the war 1970-1975 american bombed cambodia by B52 cambodia fight american with almost nothing but these day are difference we have SAM , BM 21 BM30?
tanks and so on ... every clash we always catch a few thai soldiers .
If we have long range missiles from russia that can reach any thai airports we're not going to fail. what if aircraft got no airports to land .
thai had a war with laos in 1987-1988 thai end up with thai aircraft bombing thai soldiers thai lost more than 1000 soldiers .
9:53 PM
don't worry too much I live in the koh kong i known what is thai thinking if they think they can walk over us they probably have done so but they not i known their language they not going to take risk if they lost the war to us they lost big time they not going to beat us that easy and they not going to risk to use theirs F16 they known we have SAM .
if they dare probably they should use in 2/4/2011 but they don't they forced to use illegal bombs instead they take risk.
i watched thai TV3 interview on the second day of the clashed those thai soldiers panic like hell according to the villagers they said those BM21 light up the night sky like day make those thai soldiers lost the confident at theirs abilities and those BM 21 hit the targets so they suspected cambodian spy in thailand.
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