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Thailand orders Chinese SAM
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) bought a battery of KS-1C medium-range surface-to-air missiles from the China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation (CPMIEC), with delivery expected in December.
This is the RTAF’s first medium-range SAM system, and it will defend the most important air base in southern Thailand – that ...
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