well, I won't get too excited right now.... but lets see.... the progress in terms of hardware acquisition of late had been faster than anything we're seen before.... so, its not unrealistic to think of anything....
but I still don't get it why a refurbished sub would take two years to...
oh... on another note from Exercise Sea Thunder 2014..... the drones were ultimately not used due to bad weather.... and the drones were made using local tech by BN.....
Exercise Sea Thunder 2014 ended on 17 February 2014
anti-ship missiles were fired from Type 024 missile boats BNS Uttal (P8141) and BNS Durbar (P8111).... for the first time this year, surface to air missiles were launched at a target drone from BNS Bangabandhu ..... rocket depth charge (RDC)...
the two Chinese Type 053H2 (Jianghu III) frigates BNS Abu Bakar and BNS Ali Haider have arrived at Chittagong Port today (27 Jan 2014).....
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this news item mentions that BD was spending Tk 6.55 billion or around $84 million for the two Chinese frigates.....
"An estimated Tk 6.55 billion will be needed to add two frigates to the country’s existing frigate fleet of six.
The Armed Forces Division has been equipped and modernised to...
let me give you another shock.... we got another frigate from the US for FREE!!.... we paid BDT 700 million (around $8.9 million) for the training and transit....
Navy chief hopes to win arbitration
I can post the link alright... but the report was published in Bangla newspaper.... so, not sure whether you would be able to read it.... thats why I posted the value amount for your better understanding.... it only talked about howitzers.... though its understandable that a non-defence...
according to a recent newspaper report, Bangladesh Army paid Serbia BDT 5,413.4 million for the SPHs..... this comes to roughly around $69.4 million.... so, again roughly $3.85 million per unit.... just a quick calculation....
hmm.... the C-802 has a range of 120km.... the C-802A has 180km.... this may suggest that the C-802A should be a bigger missile with more fuel capacity.... the C-803 should be even bigger.... well, fuel need may also be different because of the fuel type and engine design.... any clue?
yea.... can see it now!! :D
F17 is the hull number of the nearest ship....
doesn't seem like much of a change on the outside.... have you been able to spot any change?
@BDforever
idiots will make mistakes, because thats what they're good at.... they won't stop until they commit a blunder and then squabble among themselves.... let go....
thanks for understanding..... there's a point where your frustrations bite you hard.... yet you go on enduring pain.... a lotta ppl in BD are doing that right now....
I'm not suggesting anything.... this isn't about suggestion..... just describing what everyone saw.... and the media are not at liberty to talk about it, even though it happened in front of everyone's eyes....
did Russia tell you whom should be in power in India?..... I can't utter some of the more sensitive stuff in this open forum..... but be sure that Indian involvement in BD is more than skin-deep.... and most ppl in BD know it, even if you don't....
if you don't know any part of it, don't try...
for those who are still wondering how unfair this "election" is to the ppl, should know that 153 out of 300 MPs have already been "elected" without a single vote!!..... because there was no contestant in those constituencies.... the ruling party gave way to some of their loyal scavengers (close...