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#China-made rocket among triggers for #Thai #airstrikes into #Cambodia
🧐"Thailand’s military assessed tt Cambodian forces cld use Soviet #BM21 & #Chinese #PHL03 rockets to fire towards a provincial airport & a state-run district hospital.. spokeswoman for Cambodia’s defence ministry didn't respond to detailed questions fr #Reuters.. PHL-03 can fire guided & unguided rockets w a range of btw 70-130 km, according to a US #military database, while BM-21 has a 15-40 km range"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-made-rocket-among-triggers-for-thai-airstrikes-into-cambodia

China-made rocket among triggers for Thai airstrikes into Cambodia

The South-east Asian neighbours are engaged in their worst fighting since a five-day clash in July. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Joseph Lim

Jul 27, 2025

@visegrad24 Why supply six batteries of destructive #PHL03 to a tyrant that has no qualms with murdering unarmed civilians, women and children - i.e., a war criminal and a country that despises the Geneva Conventions?
#CambodiaOpenedFire #CrimesAgainstHumanity
#unicef #UNHRC

Joseph Lim

Jul 26, 2025

The issue is not tt it's new but tt #PRC supplied such nefarious weaponry to a #dictatorship🧐 #CambodiaOpenedFire

More firepower: RCAF boosts defensive capabilities with top-notch armoury
" #Cambodia received one battery of six AR2 MRLs, supported by 2 Wanshan WS2500 rocket transport trucks w cranes, 2 WS2400 rocket reloading & resupply trucks, as well as 1 BeiBen battery command post.. The #AR2MRL, meanwhile, is an #export version of the #PHL03 as used by #China’s #PLA"
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501085466/more-firepower-rcaf-boosts-defensive-capabilities-with-top-notch-armoury/