1 hour ago, jaiyen said:

As I have posted before, Thailand does not have any submariners or anyone who has served on a submarine. Now they are saying they will send guys on a 2 year course !!  The sub design is already over 10 years old, so they will have a novice crew in an old Chinese submarine.  I dread the results of what probably will happen ! That's if they ever gets used. Could stick them next to the aircraft carrier !

well when the carrier sinks from the rust, they can still go down and admire it.

Now they can torpedo you when you're on overstay. No more beach & swimming....

have to say though, the kids will get a pretty cool  ride on children's day

Someone is making big money on this deal TIT

Nothing gets done on air pollution--or anything else for that matter--but the submarine purchases go speeding through.  Finally some action!--but of the worst kind.

Chinese are laughing Those subs are so old the Thais are buying. They did not think they would ever get a buyer for them and along came Thailand Now that admiral in the pic will have a useless aircraft carrier and 3 subs  Justify why he is an admiral i suppose Mean while the infrustructure in Thailand is falling apart but stuff that we got our subs 

Someone should tell this admiral that the Golf of Thailand is about 40 meters deep.

It won't be easy to sneak into cambodian waters.  But the good thing is, when the submarine sinks, the rescue teams can rush to the scene on air mattresses and snorkel into the deep.

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

With regard to the submarine crews, Luechai said they would be sent for a two-year training course. The commander didn’t explain further but said they would become a special force.

It will be put on wheels and do a drive-by government house every year, while saluting the boss from the conning tower?

 

"part of the strategic master plan" 

Those words have stuck in my mind all morning. 

The Thai military wouldn't know a master plan if it walked down the high street and banjoed them in the face. 

Watching too much Blackadder on U-tubes me thinks 55.

Edited January 16, 20206 yr by phutoie2
Spilled Leo.

16 hours ago, worgeordie said:

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regards worgeordie

I hope they come with a free recovery vessel,you just know

they are going to get the call from the bottom of the Gulf

of Thailand..."We are stuck"

 

 

Well, yes. Thailand was warned several times that the Gulf of Thailand is just too shallow to accommodate submarines, but as we all know, Thais know best. To the best of my knowledge, Buddha has not used supernatural powers to increase the depth of the Gulf of Thailand, while simultaneously preventing Bangkok from worse flooding than it has already, but stranger things have happened. I will grant you, they have not happened very often, but they must have, this being Thailand an' all.

 

So, I very much fear you will be proved to be right and someone in the bowels of the Thai Armed Forces will one day receive a phone call from a stressed-out Thai matelot on a mission to report that the Thai Navy's brand-new submarine is now gunwale-deep in the soft sludge that lies at the bottom of the Gulf of Thailand. The conversation will doubtless start with said stressed-out matelot saying 'You'll never believe whan just happened...' and ending with 'shall we radio the Cambodian Navy for assistance?'.

 

However, I'm encouraged in this somewhat tedious vision, by the knowledge that this is Thailand after all, and therefore, it won't be anybody's fault. A quick trip down to the local Wat, a few incense sticks, the odd chant and all will be well once more. And the Chinese Will be happy to welcome another Thai delegation, in town to buy another submarine.

 

Life can be good in the Thai reality-distortion zone - providing you don't weaken.

Edited January 16, 20206 yr by ParkerN

Maybe they are just for show, docked next to the aircraft carrier, that

has no aircraft ,but they could patch the leaks on the blimp and have

it attached to the bow of the ship,with rows of decaying fire engines

lined up on the docks,make it a small  museum of Thai corruption,

Oh ! I forgot the bomb detectors.

 

regards worgeordie

Buy Mommy, all the other boys have one........

What will happen if they ever find out other countries have nuclear power plants...

35 minutes ago, DefaultName said:

Buy Mommy, all the other boys have one........

I'm reminded by an unkind friend, of Uncle Too’s fatuous justification for the purchase of what will doubtless become redundant submarines (to join the redundant aircraft carrier and the redundant blimp and the many redundant aeroplanes and helicopters which provide the Thai Air Force with the opportunity to practice crashing).

 

The justification was and I quote "if we do not buy the submarines our neighbouring countries will not be in awe of us".

 

Not that I really think they ever were except in the febrile imagination of a few superannuated Thais, not since they got their backsides kicked by the Burmese, and then the Laos farmers anyway

 

Hey ho...

Edited January 16, 20206 yr by ParkerN

2 minutes ago, JustAnotherHun said:

What will happen if they ever find out other countries have nuclear power plants...

 

Well, one of the first things will happen, is that I'll be making a midnight run to the nearest airport. The whole concept of Thais being in charge of anything nuclear is just terrifying.

 

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The commander didn’t explain further but said they would become a special force.

Oh my god , I feel that the French, US and Russian navies with their tactical nuclear submarines will soon be afraid 

3 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

just make sure they close the hatch, or they won't be special for long.

 

One day, the Thai Royal Navy carried out an "Open Doors" operation.

 

25 minutes ago, Assurancetourix said:

Oh my god , I feel that the French, US and Russian navies with their tactical nuclear submarines will soon be afraid 

 

Nah, I imagine they're contemplating an SBS or Navy Seals. They've already trailed it.

 

Which is great - I haven't had a good belly laugh at the expense of Thais for ages and ages.

Do they have enough baking powder?

59 minutes ago, Assurancetourix said:

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The commander didn’t explain further but said they would become a special force.

Oh my god , I feel that the French, US and Russian navies with their tactical nuclear submarines will soon be afraid 

a special force trained in brake failure

22 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

a special force trained in brake failure

Luckily there are no brakes on submarines

 

 

Utterly stupid idea, along with a string of stupid ideas over the past 5 years.  Simply pathetic leadership in this country. So Sad. 

A Master Plan? Read article.

well they will need the submarines ,they are being invaded by the Chinese

5 hours ago, Rodjrin said:

Do they have enough baking powder?

Not sure how many will understand that. ????????

1 minute ago, overherebc said:

Not sure how many will understand that. ????????

 

It was a bit deep, and indicative of age and when he went to school. Also, perhaps, roughly where he went to school. And you and me as well...

9 minutes ago, ParkerN said:

 

It was a bit deep, and indicative of age and when he went to school. Also, perhaps, roughly where he went to school. And you and me as well...

Think age is the pointer.

Has anyone other than the junta actually put forward a case supporting this ludicrous purchase?

Edited January 16, 20206 yr by Surelynot
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24 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Has anyone other than the junta actually put forward a case supporting this ludicrous purchase?

The Chinese, I suppose. Very disappointing, they did not buy the stone old submarines from Germany a couple of years before. So we had to dispose the waste ourself.

Next time our brown envelopes should be more impressive.

7 hours ago, ParkerN said:

I'm reminded by an unkind friend, of Uncle Too’s fatuous justification for the purchase of what will doubtless become redundant submarines (to join the redundant aircraft carrier and the redundant blimp and the many redundant aeroplanes and helicopters which provide the Thai Air Force with the opportunity to practice crashing).

 

The justification was and I quote "if we do not buy the submarines our neighbouring countries will not be in awe of us".

 

Not that I really think they ever were except in the febrile imagination of a few superannuated Thais, not since they got their backsides kicked by the Burmese, and then the Laos farmers anyway

 

Hey ho...

There's another Navy that is particularly skilled at crashing but their Nationality escapes me. One off Japan, two off S Korea and two in the Malacca Straits. Can't see oil tankers and container ships apparently until they're looming overhead.

 

 I'm sure they are jolly skillful chaps though and know how to win a trade war.