THE ROYAL THAL ARMED FORCES-Modernisation On Full Drive

摘要

The Royal Thai Armed Forces is moving ahead with its modernisation plant with several military procurement programmes in itiated in the past several years to further upgrade the capability of its armed forces. This is in line with Thailand's economic growth that is back on track, sufficient enough to trigger annual increases in the defence budget and expencliture on arms procurement. The country's ministry of defence introduced nine military reforms and restructuring plans for the 2017-2026 period The plan emphasises research and development programmes along with focus on purchases of munitions, weapons, high technology electronic devices, and telecom-munication systems. To further increase military capabilities, the Thai military will invest and develop additional defence technology and defence intelligent systems such as the common operation picture (COP), the network-centric operation (NCO), and the message text format (MTF) The Thai military will also focus on the procurement of helicopters, armoured vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). surveillance equipment, and frigates that will strengthen current military capabilities.