Border Guard Bangladesh Fortifies Island Near Myanmar With Corsar Anti-Tank Missile System, Gunboats

[The Ronin]

By MUKTADIR RASHID 2 January 2020

DHAKA—Authorities with the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) force are fortifying St. Martin’s Island, just south of Cox’s Bazar and off the coast of Myanmar, with 14 anti-tank missile systems and multiple high-speed gunboats, BGB officials said on Thursday.

The border guard officials also said construction has begun on roads along the Myanmar border and that Bangladesh will also install a fence along the boundary.

Officials with the Bangladeshi Ministry of Home Affairs said that the BGB director general, Major General Shafeenul Islam, and three other officials participated in a factory acceptance test and live demonstrations of the Corsar Anti-Tank Missile System held between Nov. 14-18, 2019.

“The procurement process still is on,” the BGB chief told a press conference at the security force’s headquarters in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka on Thursday.


He also said the BGB would be deploying modern boats along the maritime border with Myanmar to maintain around-the-clock surveillance.

The BGB chief also announced that his office will hold high-level talks with the Myanmar Border Guard Police from Jan. 5-9.

Another official said that four boats have already been procured from United Arab Emirates-based manufacturer Gulf Craft. At least two of these will be equipped with machine guns and deployed on the Naff River, which enters the Bay of Bengal at Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar.

The Bangladeshi government redeployed BGB personnel to St. Martin’s Island for the first time in 22 years in April 2019. The BGB force is armed with heavy weapons and reinforces an existing Bangladesh Coast Guard deployment there, officials said.

The April 2019 deployment came amid Myanmar’s building of a steel structure along the Naf River on the Myanmar side of the border without informing Bangladesh authorities.

“We are trying to improve our trust with Myanmar,” said a senior Bangladeshi security official on Thursday, who asked to remain anonymous as he was not authorized to talk to the press.

More than 700,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar since the military launched clearance operations in 2017 in northern Rakhine State following serial attacks on security outposts by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army. The UN has concluded that the operations amount to ethnic cleansing.

The recent influx of Rohingya has increased the number of undocumented people from Myanmar and registered refugees in Bangladesh to about 1,116,000, according to estimates by UN agencies and the Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry.

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/asia...ezuiDG8NhrbadqIN2KZIGIu1ILR_6NJncYCR6EmHmpkxQ

http://www.military-today.com/missiles/korsar.htm

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=982292735476872

 

[fallstuff]

Why would they fortify an island with anti-tank missiles ?

 

[Old School]

The news was published by a Burmese source. Anyway, corsar can be used used against any station and moving targets within range including helicopters.

 

[tarpitz]

Why would they fortify an island with anti-tank missiles ?

Coz Myanmar Navy inducted a new LPD.

 

[F-20 Tigershark]

Bangladesh needs to put coastal anti-ship missiles, and air defense systems on the island as well.

 

[Bilal9]

Coz Myanmar Navy inducted a new LPD.View attachment 598021View attachment 598022View attachment 598023

Like we have discussed before, an LPD without proper armed escort is pointless and is a sitting duck for being annihilated. Let's re-start the conversation when you get frigates armed with something better than ManPads.

Your LPD purchase is mainly to,

1. Line the pockets of your corrupt Tatmadaw army generals
2. To put out propaganda for your Water-Buffalo tender folks, who don't know the difference between an LPD or an LCD.

None of those are imminent threats to our govt. or armed forces.

Remember when your Navy had to put its tail between its legs and leave when it confronted our Navy? Hope your memory stays sharp.

 

[tarpitz]

Like we have discussed before, an LPD without proper armed escort is pointless and is a sitting duck for being annihilated. Let's re-start the conversation when you get frigates armed with something better than ManPads.

Your LPD purchase is mainly to,

1. Line the pockets of your corrupt Tatmadaw army generals
2. To put out propaganda for your Water-Buffalo tender folks, who don't know the difference between an LPD or an LCD.

None of those are imminent threats to our govt. or armed forces.

Remember when your Navy had to put its tail between its legs and leave when it confronted our Navy? Hope your memory stays sharp.

Like we have discussed before, an LPD without proper armed escort is pointless and is a sitting duck for being annihilated. Let's re-start the conversation when you get frigates armed with something better than ManPads.

Your LPD purchase is mainly to,

1. Line the pockets of your corrupt Tatmadaw army generals
2. To put out propaganda for your Water-Buffalo tender folks, who don't know the difference between an LPD or an LCD.

None of those are imminent threats to our govt. or armed forces.

Remember when your Navy had to put its tail between its legs and leave when it confronted our Navy? Hope your memory stays sharp.

Secondhand navy with outdated old frigates.
Not a decent navy at all.

Let's restart the conversion only when your navy get a frigate which life is less than 10 years.

BN is the only navy in the world that spend hundreds of millions of dollars for 20 years old outdated secondhand frigates.

Your navy is not growing. They are just putting more burden with logistical nightmare.

Instead of spending on old aging outdated frigates, you should have bought more food for your mighty UN forces . .otherwise they will have to beg for food. (Serve food . . Serve food plzzzz).

Don't reply me unless you have a frigate younger than 10 years.

Is that clear?

 

[BDforever]

Secondhand navy with outdated old frigates.
Not a decent navy at all.

Let's restart the conversion only when your navy get a frigate which life is less than 10 years.

BN is the only navy in the world that spend hundreds of millions of dollars for 20 years old outdated secondhand frigates.

Your navy is not growing. They are just putting more burden with logistical nightmare.

Instead of spending on old aging outdated frigates, you should have bought more food for your mighty UN forces . .otherwise they will have to beg for food. (Serve food . . Serve food plzzzz).

Don't reply me unless you have a frigate younger than 10 years.

Is that clear?

Perhaps you have proper planning with LPD. Where is the battle group escort? lol