Thailand has stepped up its growing arms trade with China by ordering more Chinese-made Main Battle Tank 3000s (VT-4).
The 10 additional VT-4s made by China’s Norinco will reportedly cost US$58 million. Thailand has already ordered 28 of the Chinese armored vehicles which will replace aging US-made M41 tanks operated by the Thai Army.
The Thai military ordered three Type 039 Yuan-class diesel-electric attack submarines and a batch of infantry fighting vehicles last year.
Berma, Vietnam, Cambodia are all historical security threats. And there has been a decades long muslim rebellion at the southern provinces bordering Malaysia. Japan was a mortal threat less than 100 years ago. You think they can count on American ‘protection’?
Who is the enemy of Thai’s? Are they of any real size to use a massive strength of tank formations in real life? So, Chineese tanks with all hits strength and flaws!
The US military industrial complex and Wall St. have been the driving force behind most of the chaos and conflicts around the world. Hit them where it hurts the most – their pockets.