Royal Thai Navy กองทัพเรือไทย

การฝึกยิงปืนใหญ่ขนาด 155 มม. ของ หน่วยบัญชาการต่อสู้อากาศยานและรักษาฝั่ง กองทัพเรือ Royal Thai Naval Air and Coastal Defense Command Coastal Defense Command was formed in 1992 under the control of the Royal Fleet Headquarters, with one coastal defense regiment (equipped with 155 mm artillery) and one air defense regiment (equipped with 40 mm and 37 mm anti-aircraft guns as well as HN-5A MANPADs). Personnel were initially drawn from the Royal Thai Marine Corps but are now being recruited directly. The First Coastal Defense Regiment is based near the Marine Corps facility at Sattahip. The First Air Defense Regiment near the Naval Air Wing at Utapao. Coastal Defense Command was greatly expanded in 1992, following the government's decision in 1988 to charge the RTN with the responsibility of defending the entire Eastern Seaboard and Southern Seaboard Development Project. The Second Air Defense Regiment, based at Songkhla, was then formed on the following year. Some analysts believe this element will eventually grow to a strength of up to 15,000