Thai military rejects U.S. request to station P-3C in Phuket to search for boat refugees

The U.S. Navy had dispatched a P-3C to Phuket, Thailand to participate in Exercise Guardian Sea, the U.S. government wanted the plane to remain after the exercise in order to search for Rohingya refugees. The request was rejected by the Thai military.

By Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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