Bangladesh Navy

[Arthur]

Looks like BD to remain a pushover.

All in the interest of a foreign entity.

All in good time brother.

 

[Afif]

It is not really much has to do with certain foreign entity, the point is our forex reserve is running nearly empty. Both next gen frigate program and ASW choppers will cost us in billions of USD. So, it is simply not that easy.

And yes, certain foreign entity has significant influence in BD, but it didn't stop us from buying submarines last time, which they vehemently opposed.

Additionally, just before starting to run out of reserve, BD did signed a nearly $1 billion contract for the Army in june 2021.

It was planned after that, gradually MRCA & frigate program will be funded. But then of course we started to run out of forex reserve very before that.

 

[Arthur]

It is not really much has to do with certain foreign entity, the point is our forex reserve is running nearly empty. Both next gen frigate program and ASW choppers will cost us in billions of USD. So, it is simply not that easy.

And yes, certain foreign entity has significant influence in BD, but it didn't stop us from buying submarines last time, which they vehemently opposed.

Additionally, just before starting to run out of reserve, BD did signed a nearly $1 billion contract for the Army in june 2021.

It was planned after that, gradually MRCA & frigate program will be funded. But then of course we started to run out of forex reserve very before that.

True.

But using the army as a metric for comparison is not effective anymore. We shall consider that army itself is a entity with ~300$ million USD in yearly revenue. (UN peacekeeping & etc.) BAF & BN earns just a fraction of that.

Also about foreign reserve, Forces goal 2030 was adopted in 2009. Certainly it was starting point of the "honeymoon" period for our economy. (Sure the following 3-4 year was disappointing to say the least)

Also Forces Goal 2030 was revised for the first time in 2017. The events and what happened after that is common knowledge.

 

[Arthur]

Durjoy Class (Type 56 Mod) of Bangladesh Navy

 

[Afif]

True.

But using the army as a metric for comparison is not effective anymore. We shall consider that army itself is a entity with ~300$ million USD in yearly revenue. (UN peacekeeping & etc.) BAF & BN earns just a fraction of that.

Also about foreign reserve, Forces goal 2030 was adopted in 2009. Certainly it was starting point of the "honeymoon" period for our economy. (Sure the following 3-4 year was disappointing to say the least)

Also Forces Goal 2030 was revised for the first time in 2017. The events and what happened after that is common knowledge.

I partially agree with you. However, even though the frigate and ASW helicopter programs are stuck. So, far navy did a decent job at developing our subsurface warfare capabilities with 2x Ming class (training) boats and building up all the necessary infrastructure and facilities. The newly commissioned 1.2 billion base in Cox-bazar will help us gradually expand our subsurface fleet.

This was very critical for optimizing our naval deterrence.

 

[ghazi52]

Padma class (Batch-2) OPV of Bangladesh Navy is on construction site at Khulna Shipyard.

SMASH-30 won't be equipped in it as the propulsion is unchanged from Batch-1. It will be equipped with Bofors 40mm Auto Gun & CIS 50. However,
the OPVs which will be constructed later will probably equipped with aselsan SMASH-30.