Last Updated on 03 April 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Vong Sokheng
Cambodian soldiers
test fire the BM-21, a multiple rocket launcher, during training at a
military base in Kampong Speu province yesterday. REUTERS
The Royal Cambodian
Armed Forces yesterday completed a two-day, live-firing exercise that
saw at least 1,443 soldiers firing “updated and modernised” military
equipment in Kampong Speu province.
The exercise involved 10 BM-21 rocket launch vehicles, 12 130-millimetre artillery guns and 22 tanks.
A military commander on-site told the Post that the weapons used were obtained from Russia, China and Ukraine.
Defence
Minister Tea Banh spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the drill and
said that with updated, computerised systems, the guns were able to “hit
the target 100 per cent each time”.
He denied that the drill was
part of the government’s “military posturing” ahead of the
International Court of Justice hearings on the disputed land around the
Preah Vihear temple, set to be heard in two weeks.
Lieutenant
General Eth Sarath, commander of the live-fire drill, said the exercise
was a routine one and had been in the works for months.
4 comments:
These artillery soldiers were trained in Vietnam, all Cambodians should be proud and don't forget to thank Vietnam for the assistance.
The Siam should saim the missles into Hun Sen's house before its to late.
Save us from Hun Sen, the Vietnamese dog
3:59 pm
Why didn't you also lie these artilleries were made in Vietnam and by the f**king Vietnamese
too ?
Just like how the Khmer Rouge soliders and Vietminh were trained and recruited in Vietnamese, then later killed and invaded by the Vietnamese.
Should we thank the Vietnamese for killing 2.5 millions Khmer too?
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