Bangladesh Air Force

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Well the ASW aircraft purchase I think is yet to be decided.

Pakistan has some P3c Orion (based on the Lockheed Electra) as ASW platform which is quite sophisticated.

CN-235 would also make a fine smaller ASW platform which Turkish Navy has just demonstrated. Bangladesh just bought two German RUAG Dornier Do-228 airplanes for maritime patrol (not ASW) for which the bodies were made in India. In my opinion the CN-235 would have been a far better option because you could pull substitute SAR rescue role with this platform as well. Do-228 is not suitable for SAR duties. But sometimes purchases are made with financing companies who strongly dictate the choice of hardware vendor (profit sharing under the table).

It is of course also my opinion that if possible Bangladesh should make any possible defense purchases from a brotherly Muslim country like Indonesia. But relatively cheaper Chinese arms and easy-credit Russian terms for arms purchases made Bangladesh purchase armament from those countries so far.

But Bangladesh will make a decision on ASW purchase and they may seriously consider the CN-235, if not anything other than the proximity of Indonesia to Bangladesh and the availability of friendly maintenance resources etc.

There is a lot of reports circulating in the local press about sourcing other armaments (especially for army) from Indonesia. Lot of Indonesian arms may already have been sourced. In any case Indonesia figures strongly in Bangladesh military circles as a supplier.

Pan also operates ATR-72s for ASW .. Plus our Orion's are upgraded hawkeyes..

The ATR upgrade:

 

[Gyp 111]

BAF Mig-29S during winter exercise 'Wintex 2014'.

MiG-29SE of the Bangladesh Air Force

 

[Daedalus]

COAS (General Dalbir Singh Suhag) interacting with Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari, Chief of Air Staff, Bangladesh Air Force.

 

[kurup]

B’desh Air Force chief meets top Indian defence brass

Seeking to strengthen military ties, Bangladesh Air Force chief Muhammed Enamul Bari today met the top Indian defence brass including Defence Minister Arun Jaitley.

The Bangladesh air chief also met his Indian counterpart IAF chief Arup Raha and Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag and discussed ways of further strengthening relations between the armed forces of the two countries.

India and Bangladesh have been working towards strengthening their bilateral ties in the recent past with several high level military visits taking place.

B’desh Air Force chief meets top Indian defence brass | idrw.org

 

[damiendehorn]

B’desh Air Force chief meets top Indian defence brass

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Seeking to strengthen military ties, Bangladesh Air Force chief Muhammed Enamul Bari today met the top Indian defence brass including Defence Minister Arun Jaitley.

The Bangladesh air chief also met his Indian counterpart IAF chief Arup Raha and Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag and discussed ways of further strengthening relations between the armed forces of the two countries.

India and Bangladesh have been working towards strengthening their bilateral ties in the recent past with several high level military visits taking place.

B’desh Air Force chief meets top Indian defence brass | idrw.org

Just normal good will visits been going on all the time with visits to many countries, China, US, Russia, etc. Why all the drums from a regular goodwill visit?

 

[kurup]

Just normal good will visits been going on all the time with visits to many countries, China, US, Russia, etc. Why all the drums from a regular goodwill visit?

Where is the drum beats ??

It's just a normal reporting of a normal visit ..... that's it .

 

[damiendehorn]

Where is the drum beats ??

It's just a normal reporting of a normal visit ..... that's it .

I am glad you agree, this visit has no real significance. Hence not much point even talking about.

 

[kurup]

I am glad you agree, this visit has no real significance. Hence not much point even talking about.

Exactly .... and in fact you are the only one talking about it .

 

[Roybot]

Just normal good will visits been going on all the time with visits to many countries, China, US, Russia, etc. Why all the drums from a regular goodwill visit?

India gifts vintage Dakota aircraft to Bangladesh | Zee News

"On a formal request from the Bangladesh Air Force and reviewing the historic ties, one Dakota aircraft from the IAF museum was gifted to the Bangladesh Air Force and was received by its chief Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari at Palam here," an IAF release said.

The Dakota aircraft played a crucial role in the liberation of Bangladesh and formation of Bangladesh Air Force and was used for air dropping Army troops in Bangladesh's Tangail during the 1971 war.

 

[damiendehorn]

Exactly .... and in fact you are the only one talking about it .

And you.

 

[kurup]

And you.

I am just posting the news ....... If the news is not worth it , nobody will bother to reply .

 

[damiendehorn]

I am just posting the news ....... If the news is not worth it , nobody will bother to reply .

Question then is why?

 

[kurup]

Question then is why?

what why ???

 

[FNFAL]

I guess Mymmar and BD are matched equally Hardware wise.

 

[Bilal9]

I guess Mymmar and BD are matched equally Hardware wise.

Yup - that in spite of the economies and industrial/logistics infrastructure which are heavily unmatched. There is no comparison.

Although Myanmar is rapidly developing at over 7% growth - years of neglect has left the industrial infrastructure largely undeveloped. Of course if someone wants to prove me wrong they are welcome to.

Myanmar's Junta-led Govt. spends an inordinate amount of money on their military, because of the need for bribes and kickbacks that primarily goes to the pockets of its junta military leaders to keep that structure afloat. Now this also happens in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan - but on a far lesser scale because of public scrutiny and because (so-called) democratically elected governments are answerable to their electorate.

Along with China and India, Bangladesh is 4th out of the top 5 fastest growing economies in the world. The export basket is rapidly diversifying from garments which used to be the majority export in the 80's and 90's. The following shows Bangladesh' export performance over the years.

copyright euromonitor

I will actually be happy to see Myanmar in that position in the future - which will hopefully mean that economic growth will propel Myanmar to transition into democracy by that time.