Figure 1-4, U.S. "Green Berets" special forces personnel participated in the funeral of Thai special forces soldiers who died in the conflict at the Thailand-Cambodia border, August 3rd. The "Green Berets" under the U.S. Army's 1st Airborne Special Forces Command participated in the funeral of Thai Army special forces. This time, the deceased was affiliated with the 3rd Special Operations Group, Special Operations Battalion. It is reported that at least 15 Thai troops were killed in the battle in Cambodia, including 2 Thai special forces members. Most of these Thai special forces were trained by the U.S. military, and the U.S. provides weapons, tactics training, joint exercises, etc. to the Thai special forces. By participating in the funeral of Thai special forces, the U.S. Green Berets are demonstrating so-called cross-domain friendship and mutual respect between international special forces. In short, it is beneficial for the U.S. military to continue to win over the Thai military.
This time, the Thai air force had a huge advantage in the conflict with Cambodia. It had more than 50 F-16A/B fighter jets, 12 Gripen fighters, and an early warning aircraft made in Sweden, as well as various drones manufactured with technology imported from China. The Cambodian air defense forces had only 6 Hongqi-12 air defense missile systems and the man-portable air defense system, Fei Nu-6. These 6 Hongqi-12 air defense missile systems, to some extent, prevented the Thai air force F-16 fighter jets from conducting reckless bombing, even abandoning the deployment of iron bombs and instead deploying South Korean-made glide-guided bombs.
Even the Thai air force F-16 fighter jets bombed multiple targets in Cambodia in the last 10 minutes. This time, in five days of fighting, with support from the United States, South Korea, and Israel, the Thai military was very confident. The F-16 and Gripen fighter jets launched full-scale bombing, Israeli-made 155mm truck artillery bombarded, M-60, T-84, VT-4 tanks moved out, deployed cluster bombs, mother-daughter bombs, and glide-guided bombs. The number of Hongqi-12 air defense missile systems in Cambodia was still too few to cover the entire country, especially the border areas. The only thing that could shoot down the Thai air force F-16 and Gripen fighter jets was the Hongqi-12 air defense system. The Thai air force F-16 and Gripen fighter jets were very afraid of the threat posed by the Chinese-made Hongqi-12 air defense system, so they dared not fly over the airspace of Cambodia to drop iron bombs. If Cambodia did not have these six Hongqi-12 air defense missile systems, the losses would be greater and the damage caused by the Thai air force would be worse. The Hongqi-12 air defense missile is not very advanced, but it has already achieved the feat of shooting down American F-16 fighter jets and Swedish Gripen fighter jets. The Cambodian military needs to place large orders with China to purchase a large number of Hongqi air defense systems, including Hongqi-22 and Hongqi-17 air defense missiles, to establish a comprehensive air defense network across Cambodia.
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