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Navy starts major defence exercise

Personnel from the defence forces start their land and sea exercises yesterday at the Royal Thai Marine Corps’ HRH Prince Chumphon Camp in Chon Buri’s Sattahip district. photos by Apichart Jinakul

Twenty warships and 4,500 sailors have joined training exercises in Chon Buri this month as part of the Royal Thai Navy’s biannual national defence drill.

Navy chief Adm Choengchai Chomchoengpaet presided over the opening of the 2023 military exercises at the Royal Thai Marine Corps in Chon Buri’s Sattahip district.

The drills are held every two years, with this year’s drill set to be joined by 20 warships, four planes, six helicopters, two unmanned aerial vehicle systems, 4,500 sailors from the Royal Thai Marine Corps, Air and the…

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