BN are going to procure 2 new guided missile frigate for stop gap due to late production start of CDDL. model is 54B,china. So what will be their weapons? is it will be fitted better weapon then BNS BB? if yes then what will be their name BNS BB 1,2,3 Rapid action team of Bay of Bengal.
If true - I receive this with mixed feelings. And I hope it is true...
On one hand I am happy that we are receiving a more modern platform (I thought we were receiving two dated 053H3s or Jiangwei IIs, similar to Pakistan's F22P Zulfiquar class).
On the other hand - I do not want to see our indigenous frigate project being delayed much farther afield. In this respect we have fallen behind Myanmar which is a shame (their questionable design/build quality notwithstanding).
By the way you can't get Type 054B Jiangkai III platforms because so far China has only launched two of them and none are commissioned yet (being fitted out). Maybe you are talking about Type 054A Jiangkai II platforms, which china has roughly 26 of in the fleet. They started adding higher technology these ships after the sixth one. the big difference is that 054A are 3600 ton ships whereas 054B are way larger 5000 ton ships. And Type 054B, is being fitted with a full electric propulsion system.
Nevertheless late model 054A will still have some improved features compared to plain 054 class,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_054A_frigate#Improvements_over_Type_054
Such as,
1. Type 382 advanced planar array radar which was derived and improved from the Russian MR-710 Fregat radar (but not as advanced as passive phased array radars sported on ships like the arleigh burke class). Operating an advanced radar will help us leap way farther in advanced threat detection in a naval scenario.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_382_Radar
2. Improved HQ-16c missiles (longer range) housed in VLS tubes
Chinese HQ-16 Air Defence Missiles of Type 054A Frigate
Type 054A Jiangkai-II Frigate carries HQ-16 in a 32-cell vertical launching system (VLS)
which allow high rate of fire.
There are many other improvements - but these are good topics to start a discussion.