18 hours ago, smedly said:

big surprise - Russian involvement 

 

Time to end putin - time for the west to step up and put an end to his nonsense, western military in Ukraine gloves off

You're such, such a.... what was that song again?

59 minutes ago, flaming dragon said:

It was that Brit who shat in the gutter and bathed in the public fountain to remove the remnants. 

He was Swedish 

3 minutes ago, roo860 said:

He was Swedish 

 

No Swede would do such a thing.  It was a classic Brit move. He looked like something that lives under the stairs at Buckingham Palace. 

10 hours ago, Mario Cosmopolite said:

So "finished" was the only word heard in English? (and in aviation speak it would be "over and out" if. it was actually a sign off and not 'target destroyed". Too little information, as usual. Back to the Bonnie Blue saga.

It was Donald Trump telling them it's finished cease fire again. 

11 hours ago, BerndD said:

I agree with you, but there is another one whose time should come to an end.

Orange or not orange, that is the question. 

Sorry, you lost me on the "but there is another one whose time should come to an end. Orange or not orange...". Please explain what you mean?

Too much excitement over an unreliable claim that an English language word was used. 

 

20 hours ago, smedly said:

big surprise - Russian involvement 

Time to end putin - time for the west to step up and put an end to his nonsense, western military in Ukraine gloves off

 

The Russians have been supplying Cambodia with drones and other electronic weaponry. Russia has provided technical advisers and trainers. This has been documented and is not a secret. If the Russians are now actively involved, then this will force an unpleasant decision on the Thais. Will Thailand pretend there are no Russians involved because the Russian visitors bring in large amounts of revenue or will Thailand say, all Russians out? 

 

If Russian fibre optic drones are being used, Cambodia is once again demonstrating its irresponsible environmental mentality. This is the country that laid massive amounts of landmines that continue to maim and kill. Now, it may be distributing toxic plastic waste across the countryside that will contaminate the ecosystem. It's bad enough Russian oil has polluted the Siberian  land and  Russian oil pipelines leak toxic oil, now we have Russian micro plastic contamination to deal with.

 

I believe that it is also likely that there are mercenaries involved. There are trained and experienced Europeans, Australians, Canadians, British, South African, Iranian, Lebanese, Iraqi and Syrians mercenaries all looking for freelance work.

 

9 hours ago, hotchilli said:

My thoughts too... I don't think Thailand would do well in a drone war.... they may have tanks and artillery but drones used effectively will beat them

 

Ukraine has developed a low cost method to disable these wired drones. The Israelis also have anti drone technology that was tested and deployed against the Russian drones in Ukraine and which were used against the Iranian drones launched last summer at Israel. The low cost Russian drones that are sold are based upon an original Iranian design.  Israel has a relatively strong link to Thailand on issues of defense and I wouldn't be surprised if the Thai military hasn't already asked for assistance.

 

7 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Optical fibre links?

How does that work?

Very long optical fibre cables?

 

Yes, very long optic fiber, typically 5-10 km in length, but the filament can be as long as 50 km. They are used for  extended operations and are ideal for transmitting large amounts of data.  

 

8 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

Too much excitement over an unreliable claim that an English language word was used. 

 

 

The Russians have been supplying Cambodia with drones and other electronic weaponry. Russia has provided technical advisers and trainers. This has been documented and is not a secret. If the Russians are now actively involved, then this will force an unpleasant decision on the Thais. Will Thailand pretend there are no Russians involved because the Russian visitors bring in large amounts of revenue or will Thailand say, all Russians out? 

 

If Russian fibre optic drones are being used, Cambodia is once again demonstrating its irresponsible environmental mentality. This is the country that laid massive amounts of landmines that continue to maim and kill. Now, it may be distributing toxic plastic waste across the countryside that will contaminate the ecosystem. It's bad enough Russian oil has polluted the Siberian  land and  Russian oil pipelines leak toxic oil, now we have Russian micro plastic contamination to deal with.

 

I believe that it is also likely that there are mercenaries involved. There are trained and experienced Europeans, Australians, Canadians, British, South African, Iranian, Lebanese, Iraqi and Syrians mercenaries all looking for freelance work.

 

 

Ukraine has developed a low cost method to disable these wired drones. The Israelis also have anti drone technology that was tested and deployed against the Russian drones in Ukraine and which were used against the Iranian drones launched last summer at Israel. The low cost Russian drones that are sold are based upon an original Iranian design.  Israel has a relatively strong link to Thailand on issues of defense and I wouldn't be surprised if the Thai military hasn't already asked for assistance.

 

 

Yes, very long optic fiber, typically 5-10 km in length, but the filament can be as long as 50 km. They are used for  extended operations and are ideal for transmitting large amounts of data.  

 

Ok thank you 

9 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Optical fibre links?

How does that work?

Very long optical fibre cables?

Yes

On 12/12/2025 at 10:05 AM, quake said:

The Thai blame game culture at it's best. 

I note that the story about the drones was from fakebook In my opinion anybody who believes everthing they read there has a fake brain.

16 hours ago, Aussie999 said:

Who cares who flys them, it they were another governments military personnel then yeah, complain, but if not...who cares.

The US calls them contractors the rest of the world calls them mercenaries

21 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Well aware of tech.I spent a lifetime working with tech as an engineer. Using fibre optic cables is old tech and very inefficient. Trailing a kilometre or more of optic cable is crazy.

So, first have had lifetime with communications tech...the reason for fibre  unless it breaks, the signal cannot be jammed...I also know, the optic fibre drones, used in Ukraine, if the fibre breaks, onboard GPS navigation kicks in.

So  my lifetime in tech V your Lifetime in tech. The downside, fibre  lays like spider webs all over the place and last, well, for a very long time, ground troops could find it hard to move around.

21 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Well aware of tech.I spent a lifetime working with tech as an engineer. Using fibre optic cables is old tech and very inefficient. Trailing a kilometre or more of optic cable is crazy.

Not crazy as it ensures radio signal jamming cannot be used to disable the drones.  Russia and Ukraine use this system.

On 12/12/2025 at 1:57 AM, MarcelV said:

A scouser accent. The lads are blaming Thailand for Liverpool's failures.

Glaswegian. That would confuse the most ardent decryptor. They are speaking some indecipherable language. Sorry Glaswegians it is a joke. You can have a free pop at us Southerners.

16 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

Yes, very long optic fiber, typically 5-10 km in length, but the filament can be as long as 50 km. They are used for  extended operations and are ideal for transmitting large amounts of data.  

 

How on Earth does that work? To continually feed out the cable I assume it is fed from the launch site so the cable must be airborne. Or does the drone have a 50 km cable drum attached. I assume this is a substantial drone. May be I am over imagining the size of a 50km fibre optic cable drum.

On 12/13/2025 at 4:13 PM, emptypockets said:

Optical fibre links?

How does that work?

Very long optical fibre cables?

The Cambodian bomber drones in question are first-person view (FPV) drones equipped with 82-mm mortar rounds and controlled via optical fibre links. Each assault typically receives support from slower-moving target identification drones. The strategy involves using suicide drones to attack Thai bunkers, with shrapnel causing harm to soldiers seeking cover, reported the Bangkok Post.

On 12/13/2025 at 4:38 PM, emptypockets said:

Well aware of tech.I spent a lifetime working with tech as an engineer. Using fibre optic cables is old tech and very inefficient. Trailing a kilometre or more of optic cable is crazy.

Standard: 10-20 km (6-12 miles).
Advanced/Current: 40-50 km (25-31 miles), reported in use by Russian and Ukrainian forces.
Developing: Prototypes and newer designs pushing towards 100 km (62 miles) or further. 

 

That's what I could find quickly. Maybe someone else can confirm.

 

10 hours ago, wavodavo said:

I note that the story about the drones was from fakebook In my opinion anybody who believes everthing they read there has a fake brain.

 

People spew the propaganda without applying critical thinking. Ukraine is, and always has been, a backwards and corrupt country. Nobody gave it a thought until 2014. The idea that they've developed any technology is laughable.  Who is technologically savy enough to come up with these devices?  England and Israel, with money from the US. 

On 12/13/2025 at 4:05 AM, smedly said:

big surprise - Russian involvement 

 

Time to end putin - time for the west to step up and put an end to his nonsense, western military in Ukraine gloves off

I would expect China but Russia is a prime

suspect too. The world would be a better place with these pariah states wipe off the map

i saw there was some foreigners working as drone operators in ukraine, so its not implausible,

but i cant see any foreign government have any incentive to get involved

6 hours ago, Hunz Kittisak said:

I would expect China but Russia is a prime

suspect too. The world would be a better place with these pariah states wipe off the map

100% agree

 

you may not understand what I am about to say - more and more products from China offering smart services i.e. connecting to the net, you may think this is cool when you can control your airfryer remotely - 2 things are happening - yes you can see what your device is doing - 2nd, you have allowed a device onto your home network that can connect to all your devices and you have allowed it, be very careful what allow on your home network........cool yes but not a good idea

 

what seems an innocent device is designed to hack you - trust me, never allow one of these devices onto your home network - they have built in hacking tools

 

a good watch Cybercrime in the Age of AI, with Bogdan Botezatu

 

On 12/14/2025 at 12:54 AM, Patong2021 said:

Too much excitement over an unreliable claim that an English language word was used. 

 

Especially if that word was "finish". 

 

That's the most common English word I hear in Asia whenever I ask a shop owner if they have something in stock.

 

On 12/13/2025 at 12:20 PM, Hakuna Matata said:

 

 

As Cambodians are highly unlikely to speak Russian, plus it would be a bit of a giveaway, far more likely for Russian mercs to use English, which is widely spoken in Cambodia and pretty much everywhere else..

 

15 hours ago, smedly said:

100% agree

 

you may not understand what I am about to say - more and more products from China offering smart services i.e. connecting to the net, you may think this is cool when you can control your airfryer remotely - 2 things are happening - yes you can see what your device is doing - 2nd, you have allowed a device onto your home network that can connect to all your devices and you have allowed it, be very careful what allow on your home network........cool yes but not a good idea

 

what seems an innocent device is designed to hack you - trust me, never allow one of these devices onto your home network - they have built in hacking tools

 

a good watch Cybercrime in the Age of AI, with Bogdan Botezatu

 

Yeah, a guy recently found his auto-vacuum cleaner was bizarrely sending floor plans of his house to the manufacturer. When he investigated the software they then bricked his new vacuum cleaner.

On 12/13/2025 at 11:27 PM, mymonkeyhusb said:

Sorry, you lost me on the "but there is another one whose time should come to an end. Orange or not orange...". Please explain what you mean?

If you don't understand that, I can't help you. MAGA man?

On 12/13/2025 at 12:17 PM, Hakuna Matata said:

 

Yes, Zelensky's days are counted!

And Hakuna Matata has been out for a long time!

On 12/16/2025 at 4:09 PM, BerndD said:

If you don't understand that, I can't help you. MAGA man?

Still could mean anything. Are you afraid to tell us?

On 12/16/2025 at 4:09 PM, BerndD said:

If you don't understand that, I can't help you. MAGA man?

Just take care because some may think you're endorsing something like assassination. Of course you're not. Right?