Submarine purchase deal with China ongoing, Thai PM confirms

[dallen52]

They can't get the diesel engine. 

Maybe electric power will do lol

[renaissanc]

Does Prayuth not realise that the submarines need an engine? Maybe he doesn't. 

[bubblebob]

What a waste of good money. On something that will break down more times than it will run. 

[gunner1]

pray tell, what are the Thai's going to do with a submarine? and whatever happened to the never sail aircraft carrier that was suposed to be used? no aircraft for the carrier and I do not remember it ever sailing anywhere.  Only in Thailand!

 

[MrJ2U]

It's difficult to get out of contracts especially with China.

 

By the time they get them they'll be outdated and to costly to run and maintain.  

 

 

[seajae]

hahahaha, they dont want to upset their chinese masters and have to give back their cash incentives, what else can you expect from these cretins

[brucegoniners]

I was just saying the other day how I  don’t feel safe here without any submarines.

[toofarnorth]

2 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

With hot air from a generals mouth or bottom in reverse ????

Labs. swim very well , put one on each end of sub. They would then become sub woofers.

Ok i'll get me coat.

[2baht]

3 hours ago, malibukid said:

   i will never understand the Asian mind.  

Oh! You've tried? ????

 

 

[aussienam]

Australia- buying nuclear powered subs from the US - threatened by China that we are now a nuclear target (despite not being armed with nuclear weapons). 

 

Thailand- buying their subs from China - staying aligned with the CCP.  Just like their COVID vaccines early on - made in China.  Everything to appease the CCP and ensure when war eventually occurs they won't be invaded (well ... good luck with that).  Will Thailand also declare war on the West (like in WWII when Japan occupied Thailand)?  I can see a future of war with interned expats stuffed into camps awaiting their organs to be removed for Chinese citizens. 

[DrMJA]

Tourist attraction in the Chao Phraya?

We foreigners can offset the cost of 13.5 Billion baht since we pay double for all attractions.

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O’Cha said that the purchase deal of submarines with China was ongoing

So is his promise to stop corruption..

lets hope it takes just as long.

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, stoner said:

at this point why not.

If it's used like the carrier it won't need them.

[Thingamabob]

This is a perfectly logical purchase. Why buy a submarine with an engine if it's not going anywhere ?

[Burma Bill]

12 hours ago, CRUNCHER said:

How do you paddle a submarine?

Easy!

 

[Dont confuse me]

Seriously you couldn't make this up! 

[Dexxter]

Think of all the fuel they will save not having engines.

[AgMech Cowboy]

Dear Prime Minister, I support you and your government's desire to purchase (a) submarine(s) for coastal defense... But from the Chinese... Really???  Talk to France, they're probably looking for a country to replace the Australian deal and they won't come with a remote shut down and spy package.

[Mansell]

Where is this phantom enemy they would need submarines for? It’s like the hi-tech fighter planes they own….for what? The only country that could be a threat is China….and they could buy the country cheaper than fighting Thailand.

[moogradod]

27 minutes ago, Mansell said:

Where is this phantom enemy they would need submarines for? It’s like the hi-tech fighter planes they own….for what? The only country that could be a threat is China….and they could buy the country cheaper than fighting Thailand.

A second thought (after the first thought only business/money/bribes related) might be to play an allied force in the upcoming war for the South China Sea / Taiwan. I expect this to happen.

[Freed1948]

Meanwhile some Thais are going without meals. 

[xtrnuno41]

I see similarities, a line in it all.

 

Subs with no engine and stripped F35's who cant handle any weapons.

 

Wasting money

What is next? A tank without a canon?

[Mises]

If the submarines are completed you cannot fit the engines.  No bonnet or removable chassis.

 

For some bonnet means hood.

[zzaa09]

......and they appear to be quite pleased with themselves. 

Why?

[worldexpress]

[csmith]

Dare I ask …..

 

 

[Changbeer4me]

The money be better spent on New bus fleet for Bangkok.

 

Better for the people and the city.

Well over due for replacement.

 

[Desmondo69]

But remember to turn your lights off for the good of the country. 

[crazykopite]

Absolute madness why does Thailand need submarines the waters are not deep enough for starters there are more important issues that buying engineless rust buckets

 

[trainman34014]

Kick out Prayut and his fellow bunch of Gangsters from Government House and the order will most likely get cancelled; causing extreme ebarassment to him and his Cohorts, as they would all have to pay back the contents of the huge Brown Envelopes they recieved !