PM says incursion of Myanmar jet into Thai airspace not a big deal

[Caldera]

On 7/1/2022 at 12:50 PM, webfact said:

adding that the Myanmar military explained that they their pilot had no intention to infringe upon Thai airspace, but needed to make a turn, resulting in the plane to crossing into Thai territory.

I take it that this pilot didn't get his training at Top Gun. In all seriousness though, that sounds like a ridiculous excuse.

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, Caldera said:

I take it that this pilot didn't get his training at Top Gun. In all seriousness though, that sounds like a ridiculous excuse.

I had to make a turn as I over shot the rest area bathroom and had to fill the urinal, the Pilot explained.  Instead I decided the School would be the best place to unload.......I was misunderstood, said the Pilot in his interview with the Good PM......

[Digitalbanana]

On 7/1/2022 at 2:50 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

But where was it reported that Thais were "strafed" by the Myanmar plane?

https://thainewsroom.com/2022/07/02/pick-up-truck-hit-with-shrapnel-from-myanmar-mig-29-jets-gunfire/

[ThailandRyan]

8 minutes ago, Digitalbanana said:

https://thainewsroom.com/2022/07/02/pick-up-truck-hit-with-shrapnel-from-myanmar-mig-29-jets-gunfire/

He fails to understand that what we do post is correct, he just shows a negativity towards what is posted much of the time.  He may respond and I hope he does, because reality for the Karen people is daily attacks from the Myanmar military as they ramp up their attacks on what they call insurgents.  The Myanmar Government has burned down many villages as well as indiscriminately killing civilians.  They have tried there best to shut down the internet in the country so as to not let much of the information get out from the country.  As an Ethnic Karen my GF has relatives throughout Myanmar who have tried to escape the brutality.  Myanmar is truly a country with a civil war on it's hands.  I wonder how the expats in Mandalay, Yangon and other locales are doing.  I lost contact with a friend many months ago who lived just over the border from Mae Sot.

[natway09]

With all due respect Mr PM, I live here & the cruel carnage going on, literally on your doorstep is

is a big deal. I posted details here but was taken off due my being very real about the situation.

I can post recent photos that are just horrible what is going on but they will not pass the censor.

The toothles tiger ASEAN just watches the unnecessary killing & maiming  by a Junta that should be overthrown as they are scum in any society.

[billd766]

Well unless Thailand has 2 aircraft, pilots and ground crew on 24/7 QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) and a second set on 5 minutes readiness they are wasting their time.

 

The Myanmar Mig-29 would have been over Thailand, done its dirty deed and been halfway home before the RTAF had even got airborne.

 

You cannot play at defending your country. Every scramble must be the real thing, because one day it will be. Too late to play catchup then.

 

[bang saen guy]

Why is another country invading Thailand air space not an issue?

[Mac Mickmanus]

1 minute ago, bang saen guy said:

Why is another country invading Thailand air space not an issue?

Because it was done accidently and not maliciously 

[ThailandRyan]

35 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Well unless Thailand has 2 aircraft, pilots and ground crew on 24/7 QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) and a second set on 5 minutes readiness they are wasting their time.

 

The Myanmar Mig-29 would have been over Thailand, done its dirty deed and been halfway home before the RTAF had even got airborne.

 

You cannot play at defending your country. Every scramble must be the real thing, because one day it will be. Too late to play catchup then.

 

Tora Tora Tora

[unblocktheplanet]

Chinese first, Indians, Americans? Who's next not to worry about?

[billd766]

2 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Because it was done accidently and not maliciously 

And you know this how? Because 2 generals said so?

[Mac Mickmanus]

3 minutes ago, billd766 said:

And you know this how? Because 2 generals said so?

Why would a Burmese jet deliberately and maliciously  fly into Thai airspace ?

[garyk]

All those countries are so close together I am surprised it doesn't happen all the time. By the time you take off you are in another's space... 

[Thunglom]

A a junta man himself, he's hardly likely to object, is he?

[Thunglom]

1 hour ago, garyk said:

All those countries are so close together I am surprised it doesn't happen all the time. By the time you take off you are in another's space... 

I think you ae unaware of the size of these countries - what are you comparing them to where it "happens a lot"?

 

[Thunglom]

weapons and planes are very accurate these days....

 

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/05/myanmar-military-onslaught-in-eastern-states-amounts-to-collective-punishment/

 

[bang saen guy]

12 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Why would a Burmese jet deliberately and maliciously  fly into Thai airspace ?

How could they possibly not know?

[Mac Mickmanus]

17 minutes ago, bang saen guy said:

How could they possibly not know?

By speaking to the pilot and asking him why he went into Thai airspace 

[ThailandRyan]

20 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

By speaking to the pilot and asking him why he went into Thai airspace 

Sir, I flew around the rear of the enemy to shoot them where they least expected it.   

[Mac Mickmanus]

5 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Sir, I flew around the rear of the enemy to shoot them where they least expected it.   

What is that allegation based on ?

[ThailandRyan]

6 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

What is that allegation based on ?

Your hopeless.  You actually have no clue as to how they are Killing civilians and destroying villages of the Karen people along the border.

[billd766]

14 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Why would a Burmese jet deliberately and maliciously  fly into Thai airspace ?

How about to bomb and strafe Karen refugees from Burma.

 

The Burmese know that they are safe from retaliation from the Thai military, #1 because the F16s had to come from Tak Fa airbase well over 100km away, #2 because the RTAF has no QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) aircraft available at less than 1 minutes notice, 

#3 because the Thai military PM and the Burmese military PM are best friends.

 

The only way to make the border more secure is to have several pairs of QRA aircraft airborne 24/7 equipped with air to air refuelling and several tankers available 24/7.

 

The RTAF does not have the aircraft or crews to operate like this for any extended period.

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[Burma Bill]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Your hopeless.  You actually have no clue as to how they are Killing civilians and destroying villages of the Karen people along the border.

Yes indeed and for reference:

 

 

Some 3,000 people from Myanmar’s southeastern Karen state fled to neighbouring Thailand after the military bombed an area held by an ethnic armed group,  (You Tube March 2021)