webfact Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Army says Stryker deal on hold while Covid-19 battle rages By THE NATION A military source confirmed on Wednesday (April 22) that the Army will not procure Stryker armoured vehicles this fiscal year, after Ordnance Department documents leaked online appeared to show the deal was going ahead. The leaked documents said the Army planned to procure 50 armoured vehicles from the United States via its Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme. Netizens responded by saying that the money for the Stryker vehicles should instead be spent on the far more urgent battle against Covid-19. In 2019, the Army struck a US$80-million (Bt2.6-billion) deal with the US to buy 60 Strykers. The source said that Army chief General Apirat Kongsompong has cut 30 per cent of the Army’s budget to support the government’s efforts to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. The source also said that numerous other weapon procurements had been suspended at this time. The Stryker deal, a project of fiscal year 2020, was moved to fiscal year 2021 and 2022 as part of the ongoing procurement programme between Thailand and the US. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30386544 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-04-22 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 10 minutes ago, webfact said: fter Ordnance Department documents leaked online appeared to show the deal was going ahead. Only after they got caught opening up the cookie jar to get a cookie. Nothing upstanding about that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rkidlad Posted April 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, webfact said: The source also said that numerous other weapon procurements had been suspended at this time Had been or will be? Does wasting tax payers' money when the public need it most only stop when your deals are exposed? So much for all that transparency that was promised. Anyhoo, time for officials to hunt down the whistle blowers. Sentence them for exposing gross negligence. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BobbyL Posted April 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2020 By the looks of those you can already guess what they might be used for. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post poohy Posted April 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 minute ago, BobbyL said: By the looks of those you can already guess what they might be used for. They will be very useful for monitoring the queues whilst handing out food in Pattaya and Bangkok safety first chaps! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GalaxyMan Posted April 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2020 It's pretty hard to go begging to the 20 richest for help when you're wasting so much money on useless offensive military hardware that is not needed. ???? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkfish Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) From what I understand a procurement plan for 4.5 Billion baht was published. Netizens went crazy and so now they say it will be delayed for a year. Oh and I think they are claiming it can't be canceled due to contract etc etc. Hashtag #ยานเกราะพ่องง on Twitter Edited April 22, 2020 by monkfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 19 hours ago, BobbyL said: By the looks of those you can already guess what they might be used for. Stop the hungry peasants burning down Bangkok. Even 2,000 years ago Rome worked out that the poor and out-of-work had to be fed, they were given free flour supplies each month to make bread and fill their bellies, the rulers knew that a hungry person was a dissatisfied person, and a dissatisfied person was a dangerous person. Some free rice would go a long way. History is a good lesson to be learnt, it often repeats when the same mistakes are made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxyMan Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 19 hours ago, GalaxyMan said: It's pretty hard to go begging to the 20 richest for help when you're wasting so much money on useless offensive military hardware that is not needed. ???? Prayut has brass balls, I'll give him that. He's not asking them for money now after all of the backlash, he's asking them for ideas that they will implement themselves. Not ideas for the government to do/implement, mind you. What is parliament for if not to consult? Does he really think that they're there just to rubber stamp his incompetence? ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andycoops Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 5 hours ago, hotchilli said: Stop the hungry peasants burning down Bangkok. Even 2,000 years ago Rome worked out that the poor and out-of-work had to be fed, they were given free flour supplies each month to make bread and fill their bellies, the rulers knew that a hungry person was a dissatisfied person, and a dissatisfied person was a dangerous person. Some free rice would go a long way. History is a good lesson to be learnt, it often repeats when the same mistakes are made. Unfortunately in today's greed and I look after myself first world, nobody in positions of government have taken any interest in history. Thailands history curriculum is a joke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tso310 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 So whats happened to the Ukrainian BRT-3 that were delivered to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps from 2010 to 2016. Wasn't it over 200 delivered. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 11 minutes ago, tso310 said: So whats happened to the Ukrainian BRT-3 that were delivered to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps from 2010 to 2016. Wasn't it over 200 delivered. Most likely lying rusting somewhere, as they were never maintained.???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 I thought they already reported a delivery of these vehicles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Dap said: I thought they already reported a delivery of these vehicles. Yes that was my understanding, army boss being photoed at the handover, but it sounds good like they are doing something to help the country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 25 minutes ago, colinneil said: Yes that was my understanding, army boss being photoed at the handover, but it sounds good like they are doing something to help the country. "They" actually think that the population believes what they say. Whew! Talk about power clouding the ability to see. Prime examples. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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