Supreme Commander: submarines necessary for national security

[doctormann]

1 minute ago, maoro2013 said:

Yes. Explaining why they are necessary would be a good start.

 

The boys need toys.  That's the only real explanation - anything else is just smoke and mirrors!

 

[Jeremy50]

17 minutes ago, doctormann said:

 

The boys need toys.  That's the only real explanation - anything else is just smoke and mirrors!

 

And a few people need their 15%, so that they can start on some serious house-buying in London.

[sanukjim]

5 hours ago, colinneil said:

Submarines necessary for national security.    

Sad fact is these plonkers actually believe that.

Lets see now ,The army has gotten their ass kicked in the last seven times they tried to screw with their neighbors in the last 30 years and have a very poor rating in world armies,Most of the Air Forces planes are grounded due to the lack of parts and poor maintenance with the pilots getting very few hours flying a year,The Navy has an aircraft carrier that has only a few foreigners taking off or landing on it in a single seat aircraft or with a local pilot and a foreign pilot in a multi seat aircraft. that has not enough qualified personnel to man it at sea and a gulf that will not be deep enough to hide a submarine under its waters.Oh yes so tell me again Mr Supreme Commander how much you need to protect LOS with your military.

[Mickmouse1]

Let's check back the National Security threats over the past 40 years....tell me what threats did the kingdom face and how a submarine will secure the entire country??

[dinsdale]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Supreme Commander: submarines necessary for national security

And I need new big house and new big car make me look good.

[kannot]

5 hours ago, Panda13 said:

The biggest problem will be finding a shirt large enough to carry ALL of the Supreme Commanders medals. He might have to wear two shirts at the same time.

nope....one  shirt  enuff

[PatOngo]

Sir, we have a security situation in Chiang Rai, can you dispatch the submarines.

[anotheruser]

If this means they won't have the funds to ever try and build a nuclear power plant in the near future let them do it. 

[kannot]

20 minutes ago, anotheruser said:

If this means they won't have the funds to ever try and build a nuclear power plant in the near future let them do it. 

combine  the  two  and  build  nuclear  subs!!

[anotheruser]

13 minutes ago, kannot said:

combine  the  two  and  build  nuclear  subs!!

Yes, somebody tell the general this wonderful idea!!!!

[anon4637435435]

I think there is plastic surgery options for the guys that are a little lacking downstairs?. Perhaps this would be more cost effective and if war breaks out at least you could start swinging them around. Less buttons and such. Makes more sense....

On another note, these subs are able to see through garbage? Perhaps all the enemy need to do is throw a few more redbull, m150,.. and plastic bags in the ocean to put these subs out of action.

[anotheruser]

1 minute ago, bsdthai said:

I think there is plastic surgery options for the guys that are a little lacking downstairs?. Perhaps this would be more cost effective and if war breaks out at least you could start swinging them around. Less buttons and such. Makes more sense....

On another note, these subs are able to see through garbage? Perhaps all the enemy need to do is throw a few more redbull, m150,.. and plastic bags in the ocean to put these subs out of action.

 

[NickJ]

Thailand has so many Generals and Admirals. I'm certain they know best.

What's a country without submarines anyways. 

[JAG]

nope....one  shirt  enuff

Obviously a fake - no para wings.

[chainarong]

With 1750 flag officers,  the Thai military certainly needs a few more , under what justification does the Supreme Commander consider this submarine purchase,  what national security would demand  a submarine, to torpedo a student rally.........................................

[anotheruser]

3 minutes ago, chainarong said:

With 1750 flag officers,  the Thai military certainly needs a few more , under what justification does the Supreme Commander consider this submarine purchase,  what national security would demand  a submarine, to torpedo a student rally.........................................

 

They could use them to terrorize Rohingya boat people....

[biggles45]

"Why does a country need submarines for national security when it has a history of "surrendering" at the first sign of foreign invasion?"

 

Well the Japanese didn't seem to have much trouble in WW2

[stephen tracy]

8 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Well, you've been fine ever since the Burmese and then Japanese put their feet up here. Where's this new threat coming from? 

Chinese tourists?

[trainman34014]

Just a month ago one of the Ministerial Muppets came out and said they didn't want the Submarines for aggressive purposes but 'just to learn about them'.    How learning about them can be a requirement of National Security remains a mystery but the truth is that all the armed forces must be given new toys before they hand back power to a Civilian Government.....well kind of....until the next Coup !

[NCFC]

I read something in an international defense site a couple of days ago.
It said the Chinese made sure that the submarines were of a type that could not cross the Gulf of Siam (too shallow). Therefore if China had "serious business" in the South China Sea the Thais would not be able to meddle. They were not that worried if they were deployed to the West Coast as only the Indians there.
Anyone know if this is true regarding , sizes, depth etc

Not even on the surface???

[bumpkin]

Chinese are offering good T&Cs.

Save them having to station their own vessel in Thai patrol area, because all GPS and Intelligence Data will be communicated back to Beijing automatically,  (not that it will be of much value).

[wakeupplease]

Maybe intelligence has been gathered that suggests Taksin has bought one.

 

[lvr181]

8 hours ago, candide said:

It's a matter of national security and thus cannot be disclosed! 

More like stupidity and self-aggrandisement under the banner of "national security" 

 

One submarine is not going to act as a deterrent to anyone stupid enough to think they should conquer Thailand.

 

Successive Thai governments still cannot bring peace to the peoples of southern Thailand! What hope have they of repelling a real invasion (apart from  talking the other side to death with official announcements)!

 

Cloud cuckoo land is alive and well, unfortunately, for the average decent Thai citizen  

[dcnx]

Who wants to place bets that there will be a sub catastrophe in the near future?

[TGIR]

Who is going to train the Thai Submariners?  Does the Thai Navy have anyone fluent enough in a foreign language to train people in the operation of Chinese submarines?  Submarines are quite different than destroyers and whatever else the Thai Navy has on hand.  Are they going to rent submariners from the Chinese?  

 

 

If the average depth of the gulf is 58 meters , or 190 feet, they will need rescue equipment pretty quickly.  Have they considered how they will rescue their crews when they crash a sub on the bottom of the Gulf?

 

This is gonna cost a lot more money than just buying the submarines!  

 

 

[sandemara]

A Supreme Commander who hangs his reputation on Chinese submarines. Hasn't anyone had the courage to tell him these things are designed to sink and disappear as required?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

I used to watch Saturday Night Live for amusement.

 

Now I just read these submarine threads instead.

[StefanBBK]

21 hours ago, colinneil said:

Submarines necessary for national security.    

Sad fact is these plonkers actually believe that.

Beyond belief.

[chubby]

I hope they weren't secretly assembled in Malaysia , might get stuck in Customs,  if you know what I mean, wink wink .....

[Ricardo]

12 hours ago, dcnx said:

Who wants to place bets that there will be a sub catastrophe in the near future?

 

"near future"

 

Not me, merely because it is apparent from the planned purchase-payments, that it will be several years before they take delivery of the first one.