[Defense Industry Daily] Thailand’s Hawk Family Helicopters
[The US DSCA announces [PDF] Thailand’s formal request to buy 3 UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters, along with their 6 T700-GE-701D engines with C controls, AN/APX 100 (V) Identification Friend or Foe Mark XII Transponder Set or a suitable substitute/commercial equivalent, internal hoist kits, plus related warranty, spare and repair parts, tools and support equipment, publications and technical data, personnel training and training equipment, and other support. Total cost could be up to $150 million, if a contract is signed.]
BP: Plenty of more details on helicopter purchases on the page[AFP] Arms baron, Viktor Bout, awaits extradition verdict
[Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death", is due this week to hear the result of his drawn-out fight against extradition from Thailand to the US.
A Bangkok court is set to rule on Tuesday on a request from Washington to extradite the 42-year-old former Soviet air force][Bangkok Post] PM orders cut in price of diesel
[Motorists will again enjoy cheaper diesel by two baht a litre starting next week, after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva demanded that the state Oil Fund subsidise prices.]
BP: So back to using the policies they criticized Thaksin and Samak using then. This policy will prove popular.[Reuters] Two Muslim village chiefs killed in Thai south
[Two Muslim village leaders were killed in drive-by shootings in Thailand's restive southernmost provinces, police said on Sunday.]
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