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  • OPINION

    Credibility lost over sub

    News, Editorial, Published on 26/04/2017

    » The handling of the purchase of submarines from China was extremely distasteful. By refusing even to tell the country what it was doing, the cabinet has raised several questions and reduced its credibility. The arrogant and unnecessary argument that "the public doesn't have to know everything" about cabinet proceedings is insulting.

  • OPINION

    Sink the sub proposal

    News, Editorial, Published on 05/07/2016

    » The Royal Thai Navy is once again pressing to buy three submarines from China. The defence minister, not at all surprisingly, supports this new military upgrade. It would be a terrible mistake and misuse of 36 billion baht, or possibly more, of the public's money. Realistically, the only thing preventing an almost instant purchase is Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. He has put off this scheme before, and should do so again, but more forcefully.

  • OPINION

    Navy's 'toys' indefensible

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/02/2017

    » Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, the minister for defence, has confirmed the Royal Thai Navy will spend 13.5 billion baht for one Chinese-made submarine, delivery guaranteed in 2017. Plans to spend 27 billion baht for two additional subs have been approved in principle. It is a disappointing rejection of both public and expert opinion that opposes the long drawn-out plan to equip the navy with submarines on every conceivable ground imaginable.

  • OPINION

    OAG fails public on subs

    News, Editorial, Published on 25/05/2017

    » The decision of the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) earlier this week to endorse the Royal Thai Navy's controversial submarine procurement project came as a major disappointment.

  • OPINION

    Military lacks transparency

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/10/2023

    » The Srettha government, especially Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang, deserves credit for trying to solve the controversial submarine procurement -- something the preceding government utterly failed to do.

  • OPINION

    Defence, not diplomacy

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/04/2023

    » The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) seems to have had a change of heart in relation to its trouble-riddled task of procuring a submarine engine from the Chinese government.

  • OPINION

    Don’t rush sub deal

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/02/2023

    » As the current government’s term will soon end, it’s bewildering to see how the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) is apparently speeding up its decision-making process on whether it will continue with a highly questionable submarine procurement from China.

  • OPINION

    Time to step into sub deal

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/11/2022

    » The government should have stepped in when a party contracted by the state failed to meet its obligations.

  • OPINION

    Be cautious on sub deal

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/10/2022

    » Only two days after assuming office, new navy chief commander Adm Choengchai Chomchoengpaet made his mark by saying the navy still could not accept a deal that offered new China-made engines to replace German engines for three submarines.

  • OPINION

    Subs need trusted parts

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/08/2022

    » The Royal Thai Navy's (RTN) plan to purchase submarines is seemingly sinking to the bottom of the ocean after a Chinese supplier reportedly admitted it could not meet its contractual obligations.

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