Senior US defence officials to visit Thailand

[webfact]

 

Senior US defence officials will visit Thailand next week to strengthen ties with its ally in the Indo-Pacific.

 

ADM John Aquilino, Indo-Pacific Commander, is reportedly scheduled to stopover in Bangkok from June 7th to 9th, before he attends the Shangri-La Dialogue over next weekend in Singapore. His last visit here was in October last year.

 

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US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will then also visit Bangkok, after he attends the dialogue in Singapore on June 12th and 13th, to strengthen bilateral security ties further.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/senior-us-defence-officials-to-visit-thailand/

 

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[blazes]

How nice to have a visit from the guys who gave us Afghanistan and are (apparently, if we are to believe the Big Guy) ready to give us Taiwan.....

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Senior US defence officials will visit Thailand next week to strengthen ties with its ally in the Indo-Pacific.

Are you with us or China?

[RichardColeman]

9 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Are you with us or China?

I imagine the answer would be 'Can you promise to match - or do better - the Chinese tourist numbers?'

Edited June 6, 2022 by RichardColeman

[mikebell]

He's checking on what brand of machetes the Thai Airforce are going to use in their new fighter planes.

[hotchilli]

4 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

I imagine the answer would be 'Can you promise to match - or do better - the Chinese tourist numbers?'

And USA response, how much did you want the F-35's?

And do you want the normal price or the duel price?

[John Drake]

8 hours ago, hotchilli said:

And do you want the normal price or the duel price?

F-35s at fifteen paces!

[zzaa09]

Little or nothing to do with an defensive stand. 

All about aggressive offensive themes. 

 

Nutters draw their own company.