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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
The annual Cobra Gold military exercise will be held from Feb 20 to March 5, but in a reduced format and without observers from Myanmar. Details were announced at Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters by Chief of the Joint Staff Gen Natapol Boon-ngarm, accompanied by US charge d’affaires Michael Heath. He said the number of troops would be reduced from 8,964 to 3,460 and participants would be subject to strict health measures to ensure control of Covid-19. There would be no amphibious landing, civilian evacuation or live-fire exercises, and the number of troops participating in each drill would…