{"id":328,"date":"2025-07-26T09:57:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T09:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmeacne.com\/?p=328"},"modified":"2025-07-26T09:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T09:57:36","slug":"the-thai-cambodian-conflict-involves-a-strong-us-ally-against-a-weaker-adversary-with-strong-china-ties-huong-719","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennyacne.com\/?p=328","title":{"rendered":"The Thai-Cambodian conflict involves a strong US ally against a weaker adversary with strong China ties. Huong 719"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Thai-Cambodian border conflict between Bangkok and Phnom Penh has escalated into a deadly conflict, with over a dozen people killed, dozens wounded, and over 150,000 civilians evacuated since the start of the conflict. Thailand&#8217;s military is significantly larger than that of neighboring Cambodia, with 361,000 active-duty personnel spread across all branches of the kingdom&#8217;s military. The country has a large, well-funded military and an air force that is one of the best equipped and trained in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand is ranked 10th in the Military Balance 2025, considered a middle power, just behind Indonesia but ahead of countries including Malaysia and Vietnam. It has strong US ties and a global outlook, having been a major player in the kingdom&#8217;s politics since 1932. Thailand is also a United States treaty ally, having hosted US Air Force assets at some air bases during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite its history with Washington, the Thai military has a more neutral approach to military policy, increasing ties with China in the past decade. It has developed a strong domestic weapons industry with the help of countries such as Israel, Italy, Russia, South Korea, and Sweden. Cambodia&#8217;s military is young in comparison to Thailand&#8217;s, established in 1993 after forces of the communist government were merged with two non-communist resistance armies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Staff of Huong Da Nang. Very severe acne in a preteen patient. Extracts blackheads#717\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Eq5mugZe7MY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royal Thai Air Force, bolstered by years of US support, is well-equipped with at least 11 modern Swedish Gripen fighter jets and dozens of older, US-made F-16 and F-5 jets. On the ground, Thailand has dozens of battle tanks, including 60 modern, Chinese-made VT-4 tanks, and hundreds of older, US-made tanks. In the air, the army has US-made Cobra attack helicopters and 18 US Black Hawk transports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Thai-Cambodian border conflict between Bangkok and Phnom Penh has escalated into a deadly conflict, with over a dozen people killed, dozens wounded, and over 150,000 civilians evacuated since the start of the conflict. 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