BSF plans using drone on Indo-Bangla border

[Skies]

No problem we will shoot them down if try to violate Bangladeshi airspace .

Yes we will shoot nice nice beautiful beautiful photographs,...................not bullet.

 

[eastwatch]

What kind of nonsense is this
We have Unmatched Satelite capability in South Asia
Why will we use Drones to spy on the mighty BD armed forces
This is not 60s dude or even the 70s
& we also have spy satelites

& post some sense

Seems 2015 is not that far. Check the news below. India will not go unchallenged. BD comes from behind and causes other countries to follow it.

***eastwatch***

Satellite by 2015

Friday, March 30, 2012Front Page

Satellite by 2015
Deal signed with US firm

Zia Ahmed, seated right, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, sign a consultancy deal yesterday with Bruce D Kraselsky, managing director of Space Partnership International, to launch the country's first satellite into space. Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju, telecoms minister; Dan W Mozena, US ambassador; and Hasanul Haq Inu, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on post and telecoms, are also seen at the programme in Dhaka.Photo: STAR
Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh will launch its first satellite into space by 2015 in a landmark move towards opening a new era in communication and broadcasting and creating new businesses.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission yesterday signed a Tk 82.5 crore consultancy deal with a US firm, Space Partnership International (SPI). The firm will design the satellite, named Bangabandhu, officials said.

The satellite will reduce reliance on foreign satellites for cable channels and improve telecom services to the remote areas of the country.

Moreover, meteorological data, including disaster warnings, will be easily available via the satellite. It might also be used for mapping natural resources.

Bangladesh will be able to earn $3 billion in the next 15 years by offering various services through using the satellite, said Bruce D Kraselsky, managing director of SPI.

His firm will design the satellite and put in place its maintenance system. The company will also create a business plan, coordinate frequency with international agencies and initiate training for local experts, among other things.

Under the deal, the firm will hire a manufacturing company to build and get the satellite in orbit in the next three years.

BTRC Chairman Zia Ahmed and SPI MD Bruce D Kraselsky inked the agreement at the BTRC office in the capital.

However, building and sending the satellite into space will require additional costs.

Building and sending a satellite into space costs about $150 million, said Philip A Rubin, a top official of SPI, adding that the cost depends on the satellite's capacity.

The government has yet to finalise the launching cost, he said.

Currently, Bangladesh pays $11 million in satellite bandwidth rent to other countries' satellites a year, Kraselsky said, describing the benefits of launching the satellite. "This amount will no longer be spent."

The country will be able to make $50 million per year from the satellite, he said.

He added the satellite would help Bangladesh in global communication and also facilitate telemedicine, emergency service and border security. It will also back up the current communication channels.

At present, the telecommunication sector gets bandwidth from the lone submarine cable, SEA-ME-WE 4. By 2014 the country will be connected with another submarine cable, SEA-ME-WE 5.

The satellite project is part of the government's ICT policy of 2009.

Philip A Rubin, also president of RKF Engineering Solutions, LLC, Washington, told The Daily Star that the BTRC had asked the firm to incorporate military intelligence capacity in the satellite.

Telecommunications Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju, who was present at the deal signing ceremony, requested the SPI to try to launch the satellite in two years so that the current government could see it happen during its tenure, which ends in 2014.

Dan W Mozena, the US ambassador to Dhaka, said the initiative showed Bangladesh's determination to play a global role.

It will help the country's economic development and implement the vision of Digital Bangladesh, he added.

The BTRC chairman told The Daily Star that the government would form a company to operate the satellite and its ground station.

"The BTRC cannot be an operator. It will work until the company is set up," he said.

He added the consulting firm would provide all kinds of training for the maintenance of the satellites.

So far, 19 Asian countries have their own satellites in space, said Telecom Secretary Sunil Kanti Bose.

There are several thousand satellites in space, launched by more than 50 countries. India and Pakistan launched their own satellites in 1980 and 1990.

 

[Ammyy]

@eastwatch Do you even know the basic difference of spy satellite or communication satellite.

Or every type of satellite is same for you??

 

[third eye]

If India do so, then how Pak-Bd will respond. Can this finally re-unite(NOT one nation) former Pakistan against Indians?

Rather confusing ...

Re unite (Not one nation) - .. Then Re Unite to what ? Re - implies restoring or undoing something.

Next, its hilarious to read the drones shall (re) - unite two nations !!!

As mentioned by a BD poster, they are already in use on the Indo Pak border , isnt it strange they have not considering uniting with BD ?

 

[nair]

Why are my dada's are upset about this news... Infact if this is effectively deployed and both the boarder forces share the information i am sure it can solve lot of problems... May be can reduce/eliminate the firing incidents... (may be it can increase as well).... I dono what is their problem if it is flying inside indian territory....

 

[gslv mk3]

Seems 2015 is not that far. Check the news below. India will not go unchallenged. BD comes from behind and causes other countries to follow it.

The satellite will reduce reliance on foreign satellites for cable channels and improve telecom services to the remote areas of the coun
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There are several thousand satellites in space, launched by more than 50 countries.( )

India and Pakistan launched their own satellites in 1980 and 1990
lol: )
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I ed....Some communication sat,a misinformed reporter and a lot of Chest thumping !!!

 

[Truth Finder]

Seems 2015 is not that far. Check the news below. India will not go unchallenged. BD comes from behind and causes other countries to follow it.

***eastwatch***

Dada, congratulations to BD. But, don't underestimate us. We are 4th/5th successful country in space science. You will find our contributions below
Indian Space Research Organisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

By the way, you also have your share in our success as we were one country then:-

Modern space research in India is most visibly traced to the activities of scientist S. K. Mitra who conducted a series of experiments leading to the sounding of the ionosphere by application of ground based radio methods in 1920's Calcutta. Later, Indian scientists like C.V. Raman and Meghnad Saha contributed to scientific principles applicable in space sciences. However, it was the period after 1945 which saw important developments being made in coordinated space research in India

And, we should have cooperation rather than competition.

 

[eastwatch]

@eastwatch Do you even know the basic difference of spy satellite or communication satellite.

Or every type of satellite is same for you??

Who knows if BD satellite has no military component also. If not, BD can always send one to the sky to spy on India. Better late than never. However, Bd will not send spaceships to the Moon when the country's poor are still suffering. We are not India.

 

[gslv mk3]

Who knows if BD satellite does not have a military also. If not, BD can always send one to spy on India. Better late than never. However, Bd will not send spaceships to the Moon when the country's poor are still suffering. We are not India.

Ah let me educate you - This geostationary communication satellite is neither built or launched by Bangladesh-you do not have the capability for both.This satellite is built by a US firm and launched by some one else (China?) , so you are effectively buying a sat from a foreign manufacturer.

No Bangladesh do not have capability to develop a spysat.

With double the per capita income of Bangladesh and having a very successful space program,A moon mission is not a costly venture or technologically difficult one.
Stop worrying about about Indian spending on space research,Government of my state in India (3.5 crore population) spends almost 3 times the total cost of Chandrayaan one an year to run our public sector bus transport firm....

But I have even seen Bangladeshis calling India a low tech country,and I have seen Bangladeshi member claiming they can build an aircraft carrier before India and I have seen you agreeing with it..

 

[Ammyy]

Who knows if BD satellite has no military component also. If not, BD can always send one to the sky to spy on India. Better late than never. However

Dnt talk like idiots .... Satellites are basic need for countries growth .... For corps, for disaster management, for communication etc etc.

And India is big country so many satellites required... We can not fully dependent on foreign countries unlike you.

, Bd will not send spaceships to the Moon when the country's poor are still suffering. We are not India.

If people of your country cant develop these things like nut and bolt then how you even dream about spaceships???

 

[Gyp 111]

Bangladesh has sought New Delhi’s clarification on reports that the Indian border forces plans to introduce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on the skylines along the country's frontiers with Bangladesh.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesperson Md Shameem Ahsan told bdnews24.com that the ministry has sought the clarification on Monday.

“We have officially taken up the issue with the Indian authorities for a clarification,” he said.

However, Border Security Force chief Subhash Joshi told Indian news agency PTI that the force had made ‘no such deployment’.

“We are looking for various technological measures to upgrade security along our borders. However, there is no deployment of UAVs at present as such and no specific proposals in this regard was being considered.”

However, the Director General (DG), whose force guards India's frontiers of Bangladesh and Pakistan, told PTI that “a number of technology solutions are being considered which may include Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in future”.

Earlier Indian newspapers carried a report saying BSF would soon deploy the UAV along the border with Pakistan to maintain heightened vigil and planned to follow suit on the borders with Bangladesh.

But these UAVs will be unarmed, the reports said.

The reports said BSF was currently engaged with the Indian Air Force in drafting a standard operating procedure for the UAVs to finalise the modalities of their use.

The UAVs would be flying at an altitude of 10,000-12,000 feet to capture images and relay real-time information on the movement of illegal migrants , if any, anywhere near the border, the reports added.

India has deployed UAVs to check poaching at Kaziranga national park to keep away those who hunt endangered one-horned rhinos and other wildlife.

Former BSF officials said there was no reason to object to UAV deployment.

"These are not armed drones like the US uses in Pakistan. These are only unarmed monitoring aids which will guide our forces to where they should be," said retired BSF IG SK Dutt.

Dhaka queries Delhi on UAVs - bdnews24.com

 

[Ammyy]

The UAVs would be flying at an altitude of 10,000-12,000 feet to capture images and relay real-time information on the movement of illegal migrants

If Bangladesh stop these illegal migrates then we dnt have to deploy these UAV along BD border.

 

[third eye]

UAVs are a cheap alternative to real time observation & intel gathering.

It replaces more than 100 men placed on the ground and is all weather. Over the years we seem to have developed a mind set thanks to how they have been employed on the Easter Borders of Pakistan that these are essentially offensive resources.

I dont see the concern here. Imagine controllers seeing & recording real time infringements along a border - its way better than ' I saw' or ' I felt'.

If the BSF were to use them it would provide a great deal of objectivity in the Control & reporting systems.

 

[&%)@$)(!#]

"These are not armed drones like the US uses in Pakistan. These are only unarmed monitoring aids which will guide our forces to where they should be," said retired BSF IG SK Dutt.

 

[livingdead]

"These are not armed drones like the US uses in Pakistan. These are only unarmed monitoring aids which will guide our forces to where they should be," said retired BSF IG SK Dutt."

change your id else nobody will mention you..