Tag: Royal Thai Navy

  • CARAT Thailand kicks off

    Exercise begins tomorrow. US Sailors and Marines Enhance Cooperation with Royal Thai Armed Forces during CARAT Thailand The 22nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise between the U.S. […]

  • Guardian Sea begins

    Exercise Guardian Sea underway. U.S. and Royal Thai navies enhance maritime cooperation during Exercise Guardian Sea Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Micah Blechner The U.S. Navy and the Royal […]

  • Thailand needs amphibious boost

    The country needs a more robust capability. Here’s how it can achieve it. Thailand’s Military Needs to Boost its Amphibious Capability By Grant Newsham As Indo-Pacific nations build up their […]

  • Thai navy commander charged with trafficking

    Accused of failing to intercept migrant vessels and taking payments. Report: Thai navy commander charged with trafficking By Max Constant A Thai navy commander has been charged with human trafficking […]

  • Thailand’s Navy needs to get ship-shape

    Ongoing debate over submarine purchase plan. Thailand’s Navy needs to get ship-shape Kavi Chongkittavorn JUST IMAGINE these two scenarios: an aircraft falling from the sky into the Gulf of Thailand, […]

  • Thai Navy to buy Chinese subs

    Opt to ‘buy local’ despite regional tensions. Thai Navy votes to buy three Chinese submarines worth $1 bn Bangkok: Thailand’s navy has voted in favour of buying three Chinese submarines worth US$1 billion, […]

  • Royal Thai Navy: Where to, post-coup

    The future for Thailand’s navy. The Royal Thai Navy: Where to, post-coup Guest Post by Paul Pryce  With a coup d’état in May 2014 and the appointment of General Prayut Chan-o-cha as Prime […]

  • Hijacked tanker found

    MT Srikandi, missing since October, found off Thailand. Hijacked tanker found, suspected pirates arrested ReCAAP reports today that the tanker, Srikandi 515, hijacked on October 9th, has been located by […]

  • Thailand take on CTF-151

    New Zealand passes command of CTF-151 to Thailand Rear Admiral Pakorn Wanich of the Royal Thai Navy has assumed command of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) counter-piracy operations from Commodore […]

  • Heading Out

    The second deployment of the Royal Thai Navy anti-piracy unit with 368 naval personnel left Thailand Tuesday morning to join the international operations countering piracy off the coast of Somalia […]