House budget committee expected to shelve Thai navy’s submarine deal

[JupiterRising]

The Sub-committee are in a Yellow Sub-Marine

[rwill]

7 hours ago, ourmanflint said:

Phew! Thankfully they haven’t stopped the race to outer space. 

But they were going to strap rocket engines onto the submarines.

[DefaultName]

8 hours ago, Soikhaonoiken said:

I should think so,  the Idea should be scraped for ever,  the 22.5 billion Baht would & should be better spent feeding the poor.... 

Draft the poor, then they get fed.  

 

I was going to put a smilie to show that this was a joke, but is it really such a bad idea?

[Burma Bill]

4 hours ago, Paul Henry said:

Does Thailand have a fully trained submarine crew

Possibly:-

 

[Sydebolle]

Maybe still go ahead with the subs, Pattaya's road network is nicely flooded, open roads serve as channels and the sandbox idea, once implemented, will allow tourists underwater city tours along walking street and Soi 6 ........ what a farce ...... submarines in Thailand's shallow waters - the mind boggles! 

[Boomer6969]

Sad, these subs would have been so useful to catch inexperienced falang scuba divers, who can't control their buoyancy and damage corals with their fins.

[Denim]

4 hours ago, Paul Henry said:

Does Thailand have a fully trained submarine crew complete with shore based back up and facilities.?

 

Yes it does actually.

 

It is next to the Scenical  World water park in Khao Yai.  They will shortly be building two plinths for them there.

[billd766]

2 hours ago, gk10012001 said:

If true, then some government and private officials are going to be missing out on a lot of kickback money.

 

[Moonlover]

4 hours ago, Can samui said:

4 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Im not an expert but I did read the waters around Thailand are to shallow for a sub to be effective 

 

4 hours ago, Can samui said:

True for the gulf which has a depth of about 80 meters max so they would be confined to the deep waters on the Andaman side.

I wonder why they built their new submarine base at the Sattahip Naval Base in Chon Buri then.

[RocketDog]

3 hours ago, gk10012001 said:

I was born in 57.  Was a space kid. Grew up enamored with Mercury, Gemini, Apollo.  I have seen the space shuttles takeoff and land, and touched two of them.  Got multiple degrees, worked in aerospace since 1982 and still contracting with and for the Government. Space has its uses.  But space is mostly a dead end.  People can not live there without massive amounts of imported things.  Some zero gravity research may yield some interesting things.  But besides communication, and surveillance, environmental and of course military applications, most countries don't need to put much money into it. 

So I guess you're against the planned Thai Sun Landing Mission?

[gk10012001]

5 minutes ago, RocketDog said:

So I guess you're against the planned Thai Sun Landing Mission?

haha.  Maybe they will name it Icarus

[RocketDog]

Just now, gk10012001 said:

haha.  Maybe they will name it Icarus

That's fatalistic and has negative implications. Shame on you. ????

It will go smoothly if they land at night and take time zones into account correctly.????

[poohy]

5 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Im not an expert but I did read the waters around Thailand are to shallow for a sub to be effective 

What is effective is the kickback they receive i doubt there's even a plan to sail /sink it whatever is called in submarine terms

[bangon04]

7 hours ago, Paul Henry said:

Does Thailand have a fully trained submarine crew complete with shore based back up and facilities.?

No need. They have thought of that. The Chinese will provide the crew and the shore based facilities. There is a base already built near the Philippines....

[scorecard]

7 hours ago, Can samui said:

True for the gulf which has a depth of about 80 meters max so they would be confined to the deep waters on the Andaman side.

Plus, has anybody read any convincing argument to justify

purchases of any submarines by the Thai gov't?

[Excel]

8 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Plus, has anybody read any convincing argument to justify

purchases of any submarines by the Thai gov't?

Guess the Thai government feels it has no need to provide a convincing argument to TVF members

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, Excel said:

Maybe that is where they shipped their aircaftless aircraft carrier to. By some reports its disappeared of the radar, literally, or at least its transponders have been turned off. 

They don't want it to be another Pearl harbour when war breaks out....

[Artisi]

8 hours ago, Moonfire said:

I think one being parked in front of the aircraft carrier and one behind it would make a better sightseeing attraction. 

Or one displayed on the deck of the plane less aircraft carrier.... 

1 advantage is, if put to sea it won't hit anything thing and sink.... 

[Excel]

1 minute ago, hotchilli said:

They don't want it to be another Pearl harbour when war breaks out....

You mean the Japanese are planning something again ????

[hotchilli]

3 minutes ago, Excel said:

You mean the Japanese are planning something again ????

Whoever it is that Thailands Navy is protecting us from that makes it necessary to have a fleet of subs.

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

“developing” countries playing with submarines ......at sea

THE most complex Military Equipment Ever......

what could possibly go wrong ?.....

well, zero military use (thailand has zero enemies) / sunken sub (unrecoverable) / 40 dead sailors / lost half billion usd ....

oh THAT could go wrong, yes...

but tea money velly good !

and never mind our poor people on 2k baht mth.

no need either to sell 80 billion baht bangkok land held by certain institution.

[scorecard]

58 minutes ago, Excel said:

Guess the Thai government feels it has no need to provide a convincing argument to TVF members

Actually I was meaning all Thai people.

[Sakeopete]

They should only take the one they already purchase sail it near Phuket, take the men and fuels out and scuttle it to become a diving attraction. Better do it that way than lose the sub and its crew to the inevitable sinking, at least there will be no loss of life.   

[RubbaJohnny]

Das boot is on the othe foot now.

 

The locals from Towers of Con, conning towers and taking the con are at the hub of moist miltary, It moist be true I saw with da torpedo it on UboatTUBE

[kimamey]

On 7/19/2021 at 3:25 AM, Mr Meeseeks said:

They have spent billions on a submarine base with requisite training facilities. 

I think they had a submarine base for years before they ordered any subs from what I remember. 

I also seem to recall a few years back the idea of subs was questioned by the king.