Bangladesh plans $2.2b purchase of 20 Chinese J-10 fighter jets

[ST1976]

Let the Chinese worry about that. Let's see if they sell us the jets. You are probably not well versed in current BD armed forces apparatus.

We would now look on Indians, who have been claiming that 2 Rafales are enough for Bangladesh

 

[LeonBlack08]

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I think the F7 BGIs will remain in service a few more years. Those are relatively newer - post 2005.

 

[LeonBlack08]

The first press release has been released. Currently, only the official Chinese version is available; there is no official English version yet. If you would like to read the full content, please translate it yourself.
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My conclusions:
1. The entire text is filled with polite language, containing no substantive content.
2. There is no text involving military matters.

This J10 deal news, if really true, doesn't necessarily have to be announced in this particular trip.

The most important parts of this trip are -

1. Prioritize ties with China with first official foreign trip. In comparison the Hasina government prioritized India with first official foreign trip.

2. Deal on Teesta barrage - extremely crucial for Bangladesh and China has shown a lot of interest in this project. India dislikes this project and forced Hasina to decline it after China conducted feasibility studies of its own funding. But it is great that this project is now back on track under new government in Bangladesh.

 

[Destranator]

The latest string of online news articles on this topic are basically ragebait from Indian right wing circles.
One thing you will notice is that all the articles are basically saying the same thing without citing any credible source.

One Indian media outlet somewhere decided to recycle the news from last year and the rest are frantically copy-pasting with minor edits to catch the news cycle.
Then there are some gullible non-Indian media outlets who are citing/copying the Indian articles without conducting much due diligence.

Now, I am not saying J-10Cs are not being procured, I am saying the current media hype is not based on any concrete development in the procurement space that has been revealed to the public.