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Thailand national baseline inside the research system

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Profile
THA
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Operational link
I / R
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Equipment links
0
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Southeast Asia's oldest military alliance partner of the US with a modern mixed US/Chinese equipment inventory.

MILITARY DOCTRINE

Counter-insurgency, border security, and ASEAN regional stability contributions.

70.0M
POPULATION
$529.6B
GDP TOTAL
$7.5B
MILITARY BUDGET
361K
ACTIVE TROOPS

FORCE STRUCTURE BREAKDOWN

PERSONNEL

ACTIVE TROOPS
360,850
Reserve Troops
200,000
Paramilitary
113,700
Special Forces
6,000
GFP POWER INDEX
0.3512
MIL. BUDGET % GDP
1.4%

GROUND FORCES

Tanks (MBT)
802
Armored Vehicles
1,610
Artillery
735
MLRS
16
802
TANKS
1,610
AFVs
735
ARTILLERY

AIR POWER

Fighter Aircraft
497
Attack Helicopters
7
Transport Helicopters
200
Drones (UAV/UCAV)
15
497
FIGHTERS
7
HELICOPTERS
15
DRONES

NAVAL & STRATEGIC

Total Ships
81
Submarines
0
Aircraft Carriers
1
Ballistic Missiles
0
NON-NUCLEAR STATE

NATIONAL ARSENAL

No arsenal data available

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