Why does Bangladesh maintain a military? Just who is it's enemy?

[Robbie]

What you say is somewhat true but even then it still spends 1.5% of GDP on defence when arms imports are taken into account.

While it is true that only a military clash with Myanmar is the only realistic scenario in the short-medium term, it is building a military over the medium-long term that would be a credible deterrent to India as you never know how things may turn out.

1.5% is a decent amount though I don't know if it inculdes pensions. Bangladesh could increase defense expenditure to build credible deterrence against India but that would need it to increase defense expenditure to 3.5 to 4% levels at least. That is what Pakistan spends and that does not include revenue earned from Military run businesses (Pakistani military runs a vast business empire from cornflakes to land development) or the military aid that flows from the US. I am not sure but I'd wager it also does not include pensions.

As you can imagine the cost that Pakistan pays is in low social and development growth. In fact, this is one of the reasons why Pakistan, who traditionally had better economic (per capita), developmental, social and health indices than India and Bangladesh now lags behind them. From the trends, it seems the gap will only rise, not reduce.

India spends nearly 1.6%, not including pensions. India could raise it depending on threat perception, but there are competing needs to invest in development and social sectors for the moment. For the time being though that is enough to ensure war superiority over Pakistan but just deterrence against China. India could amp it up depending on how the economy performs over the coming years.

So at the end of the day, it is all fine and nice to desire capabilities, the key question is what cost is the nation willing to pay. The second question is, can the country achieve the same deterrence levels by way foreign policy than military. If so, then that is a smarter way of going about it.

I believe BD has chosen the second way. For example, no amount of military could ever have made India part with so much land (over 10,000 acres) to Bangladesh to settle the land boundary. Pakistan has bankrupted itself trying to match India for decades and has never been able to get even 10 acres of land.

Goes to show that BD leaders were smarter, choose cooperation and goodwill to get what they wanted. This would not satisfy what Bangladeshis on this forum (Islamist / Pakistan sympathisers) want, but that is how statecraft is truly done.

 

[Michael Corleone]

Bangladesh's policy is to strike a balance between India and China. Bangladesh wants India to support them economically and defense, but does not want to be an Indian puppet. So Bangladesh needs capital from China to ease the influence of India, and to appease neighbor, Bangladesh will buy more weapons from China and then resell and transfer information to India. (helping India deal with China). A stone kills 2 birds

Bangladesh disclosing Chinese tech is one stupid theory, what’s keeping their national security intact then?

 

[vishwambhar]

Bangladesh disclosing Chinese tech is one stupid theory, what’s keeping their national security intact then?

I'm saying this from long back... we do get chance to study Chinese weapons in Bangladesh.... so we can have counter measures.... we are strategic allies.... Hasina is the best thing happened to Bangladesh....

 

[Avicenna]

I'm saying this from long back... we do get chance to study Chinese weapons in Bangladesh.... so we can have counter measures.... we are strategic allies.... Hasina is the best thing happened to Bangladesh....

Practically exceeding @abcxyz0000 level weirdness.

Please provide evidence of India receiving access to Chinese sourced weapons by Bangladesh.

(Also, there is nothing sensitive in the BD military that India gives two sh#ts about)

So we are waiting.......provide your evidence....

 

[Surya 1]

Because of Myanmar and India of course!

What a stupid thread btw.

How would BD army will protect BD if India decides to attack BD?

 

[ebr77]

Seriously !! Some stupid guys (read OP) asked stupid question and until now 112 replies that could have ended in 10-20!!

Just ignore these kinda sanghi trolls guys .

 

[Avicenna]

Seriously !! Some stupid guys (read OP) asked stupid question and until now 112 replies that could have ended in 10-20!!

Just ignore these kinda sanghi trolls guys .

In all honesty this thread and these fools are entertaining.

 

[Sine Nomine]

Blah blah blah
Same old bs we have been hearing from ages.So many lies just to escape from the reality that you lost to a bunch of farmers wielding mostly primitive rifles.Such insecurity. If the rest of the Pakistanis are like you lot, no wonder Kashmiris are still under Indian occupation.

I fail to find a primitive rifle in these photos,farmers hahah trained terrorists of Bharat,don't try equalize your lot with Vietcong.

Irony is it's coming from an ungrateful Pakistani when Pakistan movement itself had many BangladeshI leaders.You can even add Bangladeshis to your list of fathers.
Arrogant spiteful wretch.Courtesy when you lot are abusing my country day and night with tacit approval from forum mods?Check your dictionary to see what courtesy means, you illiterate buffon.
Is the forum admin keeping a BangladeshI subsection in this forum because of generosity? No.It's because of members like us who visit here which generates revenue. It's simple business. Not courtesy.

Please don't paddle BS,Bangaldesh was born much later when Bengali putains of East Pakistan went and slept with Bharat and in turn a bastard child known as Bangladesh was born in 1971.Excuse founding father of Pakistan from your BS.
Hahah Bloody rodent take your miserable self to somewhere else and produce this multi million dollor revenue over there.
Bellend,aren't you only nation which killed it's founding father like a street dog and just put him into Earth without funeral.

@PakAlp, come here and learn, how some of your compatriots made gang with their indian buddies and bashing Bangladesh! Aha isiko Maine Kiya kahoon? Jigri dosti or jigar ka tukra?

Nahi bahi some of your new country men always are in for trolling,they are quite high on AL BS.

Funny because 1 Pakistani is supposed to equal to 13 Hindu or bengalis...
And also funny because all the sabotage didn’t help the armored brigade to move in as fast as possible. If anything we helped your army from total anhilation by blowing up bridges and other infrastructure

Who says that,is it offical GOP policy?
Well let's agree to disagree this defeat would haunt us till we don't move in to defeat Bharat totally and it would haunt BD in sense that,it's only state completly made on ethnic lines,made by a non-muslim state by breaking largest Muslim state only in enmity of Muslims not for love of Bengali Muslims,a state born after romace of traitors with enemies.

 

[vishwambhar]

Best thing ever will happen to this region is BD handing over whole Chittagong state to India and in return takes away bigger territory out of assam and meghalaya..... BD gets bigger land to manage density issue on smaller landmass and India NE no longer a landlocked territory... India happy, BD happy...

 

[Sine Nomine]

As you can imagine the cost that Pakistan pays is in low social and development growth. In fact, this is one of the reasons why Pakistan, who traditionally had better economic (per capita), developmental, social and health indices than India and Bangladesh now lags behind them. From the trends, it seems the gap will only rise, not reduce.

There are lot of idiotic assumptions you have made as usual but i would only debunk this,Bharat and BD caught up with Pakistan in last 15 years and Pakistan was on War during these times.Let's see where we stand 5 years down the road.

While it is true that only a military clash with Myanmar is the only realistic scenario in the short-medium term, it is building a military over the medium-long term that would be a credible deterrent to India as you never know how things may turn out.

You can't predict movement of a state which has elected genocidal manic in supreme office,whole of Nation is filled with hate for Muslims as of today.

 

[PakAlp]

I can see the steam from this thread. You young guns need to calm down.

Bangladesh does need a military. A nation who wants to rise as a power and see the progress of it's people needs a strong economy, education and military. This day and age you cannot trust anybody, it's always best to keep your guard up.

India attacking Bangladesh? I cannot see it happening, the Bangalis would fight till end without any doubt but as Bangladesh economic power grows, it also needs a stronger military to guard its borders and seaports.

Good luck to Bangladesh, I can see them as a great power by 2050. Only pray they get a better leadership. A leadership that wants to move on and make strong relations with all Muslim nations including Pakistan.

 

[zhxy]

I'm saying this from long back... we do get chance to study Chinese weapons in Bangladesh.... so we can have counter measures.... we are strategic allies.... Hasina is the best thing happened to Bangladesh....

India needs a light tank that can work well in the mountains. At the same time they are having difficulty completing the Tejas mk2 project.

The problem will be solved if India cooperates with Bangladesh. India can provide money for Bangladesh to buy J-10 fighters and Type-15 light tanks

 

[VikingRaider]

You’ll see army size is being reduced in all modern military to a defensive level, army can no longer be vital for offensive purpose because its usually associated with stalemates and huge casualty. A modern war is a quick decisive one, hence you see more of air strikes and spec ops then actual full scale invasion because that has become obsolete

Well maybe that's the reason we need the most modern army as we don't have to be offensive to anyone. All we need a much stronger defensive force in order to protect ourselves from any neighbors if they want to invade us in future. I believe we will remain Switzerland of this area always. We don't want battle but we have to be prepared for it .

Actually, I don't think BD spends that much on the military because its threat perception is very low.

Bangladesh does not expect to go to war with India, they invest enough in the military to maintain deterrence levels against Myanmar. Compare BD to Pakistan who nearly has the same population, Pakistan spends far too much at the cost of its development and growth needs. That is one of the reasons Bangladesh has surpassed Pakistan, it invests in a more balanced way,.

I agree with your message partly. It's not right that there is little threat. As I said all we need is a strong defense force so that if even any huge threat come we can encounter them. We have no taste to invade others or to become a huge power. All we want a very good economy and a strong defense force in order to protect ourselves from any kind of threat.

How would BD army will protect BD if India decides to attack BD?

With how many force you can attack us? With all army? Are you going to make a suicide squad?

 

[Surya 1]

Bd is a friendly country. Why would India attack it. Infact, if BD faces any problem, India will rush to its help. I just want to say you that bigger army for BD is useless. As some members say that it can protect India, I just say that it can not.

 

[Mujahid Memon]

But no country is a threat to Bangladesh.

- PRTP GWD

Again the same question. Which country is a threat to United States?