All this talk about Burma able to win a all out war with Bangladesh is a load of cr*p, same as any talk about us winning a war with india (though this does not mean we shouldn't have a effective well equiped military deterant). The military focus in Burma is primarily to control the population and keep the junta in power.
a. Bangladesh has a population 2.5 times that of Burma 150m vs 60m.
b. Bangladesh GDP is $115b against roughly $43b for Burma.
c. Bangladesh GDP growth rate is nearing 7%-8%.
d. Burma has to spend nearly 5% of their GDP on their armed forces, leaving lot less for development.
e. Bangladesh only spends around 1% of their GDP on defence, (way less thens even indias 2.6%).
f. The total active manpower (all forces) is roughly the same, 400,000 for Bangladesh and 500,000 for burma
g. Most of Burma's military is tied down fighting various insurgents or controling their own population, the junta knows any full scale conflict with their neighbors, they risk being overthrown.
I could on and on, please can we stick to the topic gents.
I am happy that Bangladesh is going for these trainers, i would have prefered L15/J10B combination, but Yak-130/Su-30 is good enough. I just hope they don't buy more migs, (even the mig35). if they can get say 8-12 Yak-130s and 8-12 Su-30s that would be a start.
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