Thailand To Urge Germany To Provide Engine For Chinese Sub Purchased By Thai Navy

[jacko45k]

3 hours ago, khunjeff said:

Good luck with that...

Perhaps ask their new bestest friends, the Russians!

[VocalNeal]

Just to muddy the waters. MTU is owned by Rolls-Royce so the RTN may want to start talking to them. 

[newnative]

    My lord, they are still trying to find an engine for that bucket of bolts?  Once again, I am offering for free, no charge, my used lawn mower engine that I have stored somewhere in the back shed.  Should power the sub at a stately .05 knots, ideal for naval festivals, the only time the sub will be used.

[malthebluff]

Old Chinese sub engine lol

[2baht]

2 hours ago, Moonfire said:

It seems like a bit of overkill just to keep the Jet Ski Mafia in check. 

They already operate with impunity!

[Nickcage49]

A submarine?

 

That's about as useful as the war planes Thailand is buying.

 

Honestly, if anyone ever did attack this country (and they won't) they'd be defeated horribly.

 

Spend the money elsewhere on areas of need, like the poor. When I see families sleeping on the beach I know there are other things that need the government's investment.

[dogfish180]

BREAKING NEWS, Thailand fit Isuzu engine tuned by ECU Shop!

[shackleton]

If the German government have already declared they won't sell military to Foreign powers ie China 

Then its not going to happen 

Best Thailand cancelled the deal with China save money in the long term 

And put to better use 

[bendejo]

And the Chinese will enjoy being able to study/disassemble-reassemble the engine.  LOS should get them to pay for it.

 

Edited September 8, 2023 by bendejo

[phetphet]

Why won't they just buy a chinese engine? Or maybe try Alibaba.com.

[redwood1]

Maybe a Honda Click engine would work....

[edwinchester]

<deleted> me, how much longer will this farce continue?

[thoengthaied]

I hope Thailand will buy lots more of these subs and also pay over the odds for them. Then maybe the Thai economy and the Thai baht will devalue. My UK pension will then increase in value and buy more baht.

[jvs]

2 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Wonder at what point NATO may think this is a bad idea ????  

A point already passed.

 

[brianthainess]

Oh yes I'm sure Germany will break their UN agreement just for Thailand. 

Edited September 8, 2023 by brianthainess

[jvs]

Maybe the are getting desperate because Kim just launched his new toy?

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

4 hours ago, Robert Tyrrell said:

Good morning,

 

Chinese military equipment, Nothing but JUNK !!! And you bought it Thailand, Foolish !!! 

The equipment may be junk, but it is the commissions that are important here. 

 

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

who gets the feeling that this is starting to look like the Steyr Austrain-Thai fire truck deal.

Indeed. What a typically Thai debacle that was. 

[MrJ2U]

Thailand has to rethink the "Chinese Submarine" fiasco.

 

 

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

25 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

Thailand has to rethink the "Chinese Submarine" fiasco.

That would mean a big 'loss of face' so not going to happen.

[Trip Hop]

You have to laugh at their audacity though!  Willing to get into bed with nearly every nation the west despises but then expects the west to supply them with their best tech?  Do they think that just because it is Germany instead of the US they will get any different outcome to that of the F-35A's?  

[jaideedave]

4 hours ago, NONG CHOK said:

I worked in ship building in Australia, we built frigates for both the Aust and NZ navies. The first few were German designed by Blohm and Voss in Hamburg. The rest were US designed by Todd Shipyards in Seattle. The German design was so much better than the US design. Of course Australia fell for the US  crap citing cost etc and paid the consequences. Thailand would be better advised to invest in more appropriate vessels for Thai conditions, such as patrol boats etc detecting anything illegal from getting into Thailand.

Agreed.As a former submariner I think the Gulf is too shallow for this sub to operate stealthily. Average depth of 190 ft. and the boat is 250 ft operating depth of 980 ft. Doesn't make sense. Like you say Coast Guard type vessels would be much more useful.

[Crossy]

The ideal solution!

 

Where do I collect my commission??

 

[huangnon]

As Thailand's seas are apparently too shallow to deploy submarines in the first place, isn't all this just a charade to gift China these machines to reverse-engineer.?

Otherwise, what an absurd and complete waste of money.

[2baht]

5 minutes ago, huangnon said:

Otherwise, what an absurd and complete waste of money.

For some, total gain for others! 

[Andrew65]

Was talking to an old Royal Navy friend many years ago about the Thai submarine saga (debacle????).

 

1. The South China Sea isn't deep enough for sub operations.
2. Thailand doesn't really have any external threats.

 

[MrJ2U]

38 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

That would mean a big 'loss of face' so not going to happen.

True, but buying a submarine without a proper engine would also be a loss of face and point to the corruption involved in the purchase.

 

In my opinion there more worried about the discovery of corruption and lost handouts than loss of face. 

[Sydebolle]

The new boys on the block would earn incredible credit if they would tell the Chinese suppliers to forget the deal as they sold the Thai crooks in the past incomplete equipment. 

In all fairness, Thailand having subs is the naval joke of the 21st century. Since China cannot fulfill, the contract is broken - wondering how the exit clause reads in that pile of paperwork.

Also pretty clear is, that the present German government will have to stand to its position of "human rights", "copyright infringement" and whatever other slogan they use to denunciate China. Germany's foreign minister's visit to China went very "unwell", to say the least, and her absolute ignorance for diplomacy and non-adherence to diplomatic protocol towards her Chinese counterpart resulted in the latter walking off the stage and the Chinese big banana also had no time to receive her - all of a sudden. 

It is Thailand's chance to get rid of this absolute waste of taxpayers money while putting the shaky club of parliament onto slightly more solid pedestal of honest leadership - provided this is on the cards in the first place ????

[harada]

There should be plenty of old 450 Merc engines laying around that no one wants 100 for the price of one.  ????

[kimamey]

5 hours ago, Moonfire said:

It seems like a bit of overkill just to keep the Jet Ski Mafia in check. 

2baht's idea to use it for Children's Day seems a better plan given this section of the story. 

 

"Thai admirals reportedly looked undecided since China’s CHD620 engine had not been combat-proven anywhere or used by any world navies"

 

They wouldn't want to go up against the jet ski mafia under resourced.

[Trip Hop]

1 hour ago, jaideedave said:

Agreed.As a former submariner I think the Gulf is too shallow for this sub to operate stealthily. Average depth of 190 ft. and the boat is 250 ft operating depth of 980 ft. Doesn't make sense. Like you say Coast Guard type vessels would be much more useful.

The GF has always maintained since the start of the debacle that is was solely for Prayut to escape!