Bangladesh Navy

[The Ronin]

Bangladesh Navy tendered for new 5.56mm NATO Assault rifles.

https://dgdp.gov.bd/dgdp/AP_TEN/doc/4288.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0tJGlWA5kK3HRsp_ZmE3JUukbs3HFYRap1M2CTU8R7XB4ZLcNGGRC1eRs

 

[Michael Corleone]

Bangladesh Navy tendered for new 5.56mm NATO Assault rifles.

https://dgdp.gov.bd/dgdp/AP_TEN/doc/4288.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0tJGlWA5kK3HRsp_ZmE3JUukbs3HFYRap1M2CTU8R7XB4ZLcNGGRC1eRs

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SWADS issue eh?

 

[The Ronin]

 

[saif]

The reason behind buying secondhand frigates by Bangladesh navy is beyond me. Our defense budget is $4.1 billion so we have the wherewithal to buy brand new Chinese frigates. These secondhand Chinese frigates are technologically inferior and hard to maintain. With these old frigates, Bangladesh navy is unable to cancel the threat from the Indian navy.

 

[Destranator]

The reason behind buying secondhand frigates by Bangladesh navy is beyond me. Our defense budget is $4.1 billion so we have the wherewithal to buy brand new Chinese frigates. These secondhand Chinese frigates are technologically inferior and hard to maintain. With these old frigates, Bangladesh navy is unable to cancel the threat from the Indian navy.

$4.1 billion is nothing given the existing size of the military. Second hand frigates are definitely not ideal but they are the best bet for BN to maintain combat readiness and build up experience.
BN cannot afford to sit around and wait for new frigates and become utter imbeciles like BAF.

 

[Michael Corleone]

$4.1 billion is nothing given the existing size of the military. Second hand frigates are definitely not ideal but they are the best bet for BN to maintain combat readiness and build up experience.
BN cannot afford to sit around and wait for new frigates and become utter imbeciles like BAF.

Bn was utter imbeciles... but they outdone even the army in 10 years

The reason behind buying secondhand frigates by Bangladesh navy is beyond me. Our defense budget is $4.1 billion so we have the wherewithal to buy brand new Chinese frigates. These secondhand Chinese frigates are technologically inferior and hard to maintain. With these old frigates, Bangladesh navy is unable to cancel the threat from the Indian navy.

not very true... H1 generations was hideous... former BNS osman.. it had mechinical and rust issues... H3s are actually really good frigates for what they offer... american cutters were stupid ideas although we only paid 10m for refit.
new ships will take time to come online... we have no experience building anything larger than a LPC, without corvette build starting it's stupid to expect frigate project

 

[Destranator]

Bn was utter imbeciles... but they outdone even the army in 10 years

not very true... H1 generations was hideous... former BNS osman.. it had mechinical and rust issues... H3s are actually really good frigates for what they offer... american cutters were stupid ideas although we only paid 10m for refit.
new ships will take time to come online... we have no experience building anything larger than a LPC, without corvette build starting it's stupid to expect frigate project

The cutters as they are now are good for disaster response.
BN should arm then along the lines of BNS BB (except for the stupid FM-90N which is incompatible with the rest of the ship's systems).

 

[The Ronin]

DEW is building eight more Stingray class HSPB for BN.

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we only paid 10m

$8 million

 

[Michael Corleone]

The cutters as they are now are good for disaster response.
BN should arm then along the lines of BNS BB (except for the stupid FM-90N which is incompatible with the rest of the ship's systems).

Can’t do. They’re used for patrols in deep sea

 

[Destranator]

Can’t do. They’re used for patrols in deep sea

Then these should be classified as cutters rather than than frigates.

 

[Michael Corleone]

Then these should be classified as cutters rather than than frigates.

Should have been transferred to coast guard and the Italian corvettes should have been inducted into navy... but I guess only reason the opposite happened is endurance

 

[UKBengali]

$4.1 billion is nothing given the existing size of the military. Second hand frigates are definitely not ideal but they are the best bet for BN to maintain combat readiness and build up experience.
BN cannot afford to sit around and wait for new frigates and become utter imbeciles like BAF.

Defence budget is actually around 5 billion US dollars as arms imports are separate to official defence budget.

Rather than spending money buying and modernising the 2nd batch of 2 Type-53H3 frigates the money would have been better spent on 2 more Type-056 corvettes.

I am afraid BN has a fetish for 2nd hand Chinese ships that is hampering it's ability to modernise quicker.

 

[Destranator]

Defence budget is actually around 5 billion US dollars as arms imports are separate to official defence budget.

Rather than spending money buying and modernising the 2nd batch of 2 Type-53H3 frigates the money would have been better spent on 2 more Type-056 corvettes.

I am afraid BN has a fetish for 2nd hand Chinese ships that is hampering it's ability to modernise quicker.

You can't replace frigates with corvettes.

The time and money is just not there for buying enough new frigates so it has to be a mix of old and new. Mind you one of the 53H3's is a replacement rather than an addition.

Given the size of the EEZ and strength of IN and MN, we need at least 15-20 frigates. We cannot afford to wait around hoping for a dozen brand new frigates to magically arrive by 2030.

There is also an active consideration in BN for going all NATO-standard in the future. This would mean Chinese systems would gradually have to get pushed out after 2030. That is another justification for buying old, cheap Chinese frigates which can be dumped in 15-20 years time.

BAF should learn from BN and buy/lease used J-10s and/or Gripens BESIDES buying new fighters.

 

[SBUS-CXK]

Defence budget is actually around 5 billion US dollars as arms imports are separate to official defence budget.

Rather than spending money buying and modernising the 2nd batch of 2 Type-53H3 frigates the money would have been better spent on 2 more Type-056 corvettes.

I am afraid BN has a fetish for 2nd hand Chinese ships that is hampering it's ability to modernise quicker.

waste money. A better choice is 2 type 054A.

I don't believe that BN is not interested in VLS.

 

[UKBengali]

You can't replace frigates with corvettes.

The time and money is just not there for buying enough new frigates so it has to be a mix of old and new. Mind you one of the 53H3's is a replacement rather than an addition.

Given the size of the EEZ and strength of IN and MN, we need at least 15-20 frigates. We cannot afford to wait around hoping for a dozen brand new frigates to magically arrive by 2030.

There is also an active consideration in BN for going all NATO-standard in the future. This would mean Chinese systems would gradually have to get pushed out after 2030. That is another justification for buying old, cheap Chinese frigates which can be dumped in 15-20 years time.

BAF should learn from BN and buy/lease used J-10s and/or Gripens BESIDES buying new fighters.

Think you missed the point.

Just what critical need would 2 extra Type-53H3 frigates fill for BN? Not much is the answer.

Better to have spent the money building up the fleet of Type-056 corvettes. They do slightly different things but still it is better to buy new vessels of one type and standardise on them.

This way you have a joined up plan to build the Navy up over many decades. No other Navy in the world is doing what BN is doing in terms of buying more 2nd hand ships than new ones and there is a good reason why.