Bangladesh Air Force

[Flynn Swagmire]

Here is MR. Super Flanker's with massive A2A combat load.

We should go for his customized version e.g.- SU-35MKB.

 

[eastwatch]

Here is MR. Super Flanker's with massive A2A combat load.

We should go for his customized version e.g.- SU-35MKB.

Su-35MKB seems to have been fitted with more hard points than the Eagle. There are hard points also on the top of the wings.

 

[Flynn Swagmire]

Su-35MKB seems to have been fitted with more hard points than the Eagle. There are hard points also on the top of the wings.

Joking!

 

[eastwatch]

Joking!

No, no. I was not joking. I did not see in a quick glance that the plane is upside down, and I thought there are so many technological developments now a days. So, there could also be hard points on top, too. You see I am a simpleton, though not always actually, I can assure you that.

 

[Zabaniyah]

Have all or any of Japan, Israel and SA already bought this plane? Unit cost is about 120 million USD. I have checked the specifications. Its ferry rang is 3,450 miles (3,000 nautical miles) with conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks. The ferry range is a staggering 5,500 km!!!!

It just goes to say, if money is no problem, and air superiority is what you want, then the F-15 is the one to go for.

Obviously, it is exported to only a select group of nations due to sensitive technology. Not everyone can have it, regardless of how much money they have.

Isn't that the newest F15 Silent Eage? I heard South Korea bought them i guess

Silent Eagle has internal weapon bays. And yes, it is one of the competitors in South Korea's fighter tender.

South Korea currently uses the F-15K (Korean version of the Strike Eagle).

Here is MR. Super Flanker's with massive A2A combat load.

We should go for his customized version e.g.- SU-35MKB.

There's no such thing as Su-35MK

 

[eastwatch]

It just goes to say, if money is no problem, and air superiority is what you want, then the F-15 is the one to go for.

Obviously, it is exported to only a select group of nations due to sensitive technology. Not everyone can have it, regardless of how much money they have.



Silent Eagle has internal weapon bays. And yes, it is one of the competitors in South Korea's fighter tender.

South Korea currently uses the F-15K (Korean version of the Strike Eagle).

There's no such thing as Su-35MK

Eagle is a plane that can make a deep penetration into the enemy countries. Instead of thinking in a negative way, we must be rational about our limited airspace. Enemies have built so many air/military bases around us and these are so near to our vital assets that without offensive planes like Eagle it is almost impossible for us to do also a defensive air war.

Offense is the best defense as the saying goes. However, our wallet is too small to afford even a sq. of Eagles and USA may not be ready to sell this weapon to a 3rd rate poor country like BD. However, who can stop us from dreaming?

 

[Listening Post]

isssh, if we can afford them to our AF.
To be used for ????

isssh, if we can afford them to our AF.
To be used for ????

isssh, if we can afford them to our AF.
To be used for ????

 

[Bamboo Castle]

 

[Flynn Swagmire]

There's no such thing as Su-35MK

In future modernized AC will come with MK suffix.

 

[abdullah123]

Wouldn't Chinese planes from the J-10 upwards be more appropriate for bangladesh?

They are cheaper.

Lower maintainence (single engine)

Similar technology to Western planes

Less political strings

No kill-switch

Saudi Arabia discovered that their F-15s had a kill-switch prgrammed into their IFF, radar and mission computer systems. This meant that if the Saudis wanted to target Israeli or American planes, the IFF and mission computer would fail to lock-on to their planes.

How would Bangladesh ensure similar kill-switches are not programmed into it's American equipment?

 

[BDforever]

Wouldn't Chinese planes from the J-10 upwards be more appropriate for bangladesh?

They are cheaper.

Lower maintainence (single engine)

Similar technology to Western planes

Less political strings

No kill-switch

Saudi Arabia discovered that their F-15s had a kill-switch prgrammed into their IFF, radar and mission computer systems. This meant that if the Saudis wanted to target Israeli or American planes, the IFF and mission computer would fail to lock-on to their planes.

How would Bangladesh ensure similar kill-switches are not programmed into it's American equipment?

China can not sell J 10 , it uses Ukrainian or Russian engines , so it has copyright issue. J 10 only for China.

 

[Zabaniyah]

Wouldn't Chinese planes from the J-10 upwards be more appropriate for bangladesh?

They are cheaper.

Lower maintainence (single engine)

Similar technology to Western planes

Less political strings

No kill-switch

Saudi Arabia discovered that their F-15s had a kill-switch prgrammed into their IFF, radar and mission computer systems. This meant that if the Saudis wanted to target Israeli or American planes, the IFF and mission computer would fail to lock-on to their planes.

How would Bangladesh ensure similar kill-switches are not programmed into it's American equipment?

There are no such thing as 'kill switches' on American planes.

The J-10 cannot be exported to Bangladesh anytime soon. And by no means equal to the F-16's latest block (E/F Block 60). I'd be surprised if it meets or exceeds the F-16 C/D Block 52.

 

[UKBengali]

The J-10 cannot be exported to Bangladesh anytime soon. And by no means equal to the F-16's latest block (E/F Block 60). I'd be surprised if it meets or exceeds the F-16 C/D Block 52.

J-10B could be exported to BD in the next five years as by the time that BD gets it, then J-20/J-31 could be ready for service into China. Whether BD can wait till 2017-2018 is another matter.

J-10B would far exceed the capabilities of the F-16 Block 52 and I would say that it could be slightly better than F-16 Block 60 as it has a more superior airframe when it comes to air-to-air missions. There is a good reason why the Euro-fighter and Rafale like the J-10 are both delta-canards and that is for the best air-to-air performance possible.

 

[eastwatch]

There are no such thing as 'kill switches' on American planes.

The J-10 cannot be exported to Bangladesh anytime soon. And by no means equal to the F-16's latest block (E/F Block 60). I'd be surprised if it meets or exceeds the F-16 C/D Block 52.

About F-16E/F Block 60. Some links say UAE has provided the entire 3 billion USD cost of developing this block. So, only this country now has this plane other than the USAF itself. The report says UAE will get royalty over any sale of this plane to foreign countries.

Anyway, BAF may not need this plane or cannot afford it, and US govt will veto any sale to BD because of India's objection. However, I think, because of a 3rd party involvement, there is a possibility that US will sell this plane to countries other than SA or Israel. Then why not BAF, if it needs it? Perhaps, my dream is too big.

 

[eastwatch]

China can not sell J 10 , it uses Ukrainian or Russian engines , so it has copyright issue. J 10 only for China.

Uses of Russian engines cannot be a good reason not to sell it to BAF. China is trying frantically to develop its own engines, but still the Chinese engines remain immature. So, China uses Russian and Ukrainian engines. THese countries' jet engines are fully developed because of a long history of their development process. As far as I know, even FC-1/JF-17 uses Russian engine.