Cambodia has a lot of air defense missiles, which are mainly purchased from China, such as the KS-1C air defense missile, which is the export version of the Hongqi-12, and the Hongqi-16BE and Hongqi-17AE, costing hundreds of millions of dollars. These missiles are deployed in the capital Phnom Penh and important cities, forming a network that covers the core areas. However, Thailand also knows the power of these air defense missiles, so it only bombed the border areas, not the capital or core cities of Cambodia, because it was afraid of the power of our domestic air defense missiles!
Another point is that Thailand also has the KS-1A air defense missile, which is of the same origin as Cambodia's air defense missiles. The Thai military is familiar with the power of the KS-1C air defense missile. If an aircraft really flies into the interior of Cambodia, it might be shot down, which would be a big loss!
Cambodia's air defense missiles were not deployed at the front lines, actually to prevent the war from escalating. Because if the Thai fighter planes were really shot down, Thailand would definitely escalate the conflict, using more advanced weapons for war. Then, going back and forth, the war would become uncontrollable, leading from a border war to a full-scale war, which is unimaginable.
Therefore, the final result is that Cambodia did not deploy its air defense missiles at the front-line forces, just to protect the safety of its main cities. Thailand also has a sense of proportion, only deploying fighters for bombing in the border areas, without going deep into Cambodian territory too much, that's it.
It can be known that after the war, Thailand and Cambodia will purchase different weapons around the world, definitely competing with each other, you buy air defense missiles, I'll buy attack missiles, you buy drones, I'll buy fighters, you buy warships, I'll buy long-range missiles, in short, neither side will give way. Competing to compare strength, this war is not fought, but once it breaks out, the subsequent relations will be complicated.
Especially for the people of both Cambodia and Thailand, there will not be such deep feelings later, there will be some resentment, if there is no war, everything is fine, at most there is a conflict, and it can be forgotten with a smile.
After a real war, no matter how you cover up, there will be conflicts, which cannot be avoided, so the situation is so unpredictable. Cambodia's air defense missiles did not shoot down aircraft, because they really did not go to the front line, or don't believe everything you hear.
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