Brainsucker
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In bold, You so sure? When you lost several capabilities in terms of sensor and range of detection, not to mention data link capabilities.
I don't have the REAL data of both ships, about their sensor and range of detection. If you have it, then you should share them here. But theoretically, they are comparable. Because like what Bilal9 said, Type 056 is inspired by Sigma Corvette design.
Sigma PKR 105 for Indonesia may be 'theoretically' equal to Chinese Type-056 as far as combat capability, but practically (I'd argue) quite a bit superior. Type 056 design was 'inspired' by the PKR 105, which has far more 'original' design cues and stealthier. Plus encrypted combat data system itself is far superior.
IMHO, combat ship designers at DAMEN in Netherlands have more longstanding experience designing these types of ships, as do naval architects at DCNS (France), Fincantieri(Italy) and Navantia (Spain).
You are partially right with price sensitivity in Bangladesh. However lead ships of a navy are not like cookies you buy everyday. They are strategic purchases meant to last at least 30-40 years. So a few dollars extra for an incrementally better design (and build) really does not matter in the end. Plus shipbuilding labor costs in Bangladesh is probably (again) half that of Indonesia even.
If you said about Lead Ship, then why not aim for bigger ship instead?
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