Cambodia fires rockets in show of force amid tensions with Thailand

(4 Mar 2010) SHOTLIST
1. Various of military vehicles in testing field
2. Rockets firing, zoom out to smoke
3. Soldiers taking cover behind mound of dirt
4. Wide of rockets being fired
5. Military officials watching test
6. Various of rockets being fired
7. Cutaway of media
8. Wide of test site
9. Soldiers marching in line
10. SOUNDBITE (Khmer) So Oeurn, Cambodia military officer:
"Today, we held this ceremony in order to see the how these rockets work out. The testing was successful and we landed with the right target points,"
11. Man picking up remains of rocket debris
STORYLINE
Cambodia said on Thursday that it has successfully tested a multiple rocket launcher in a show of force that comes amid simmering tensions with its neighbour Thailand.
About 200 rounds from the Soviet-made BM-21 rocket launcher were on Thursday fired in the mountains of remote, Kampong Chhnang province, some 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of the capital Phnom Penh.
Relations between Cambodia and Thailand are strained over a long-running territorial dispute.
Thailand is also angry that Cambodia has played host to former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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