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Do we have any news on the supposed plane that's scheduled for 2021? I cant find anything other than a sentence or two on Wikipedia

That's not a positive mindset to have. Soon you'll be stuck with no one like that and it will not be fun.

On the subject of the TFX what are the odds of Bangladesh actually joining the Program? I believe that even if they are not part of it they will probably be customers when (not if) it is for sale.

People Have the same sort of drive back in Bangladesh. Have you seen how crazy students go to get In to Dhaka University? The country is sitting on a pile of skilled workers and are not using them. There's a reason why nearly 40% college grads are unemployed out of school. There are simply no...

It is Most definitely possible if proper educational institutions are managed. Here in New York there is a clear trend that can be seen in the Bangladeshi Diaspora. Many first generation Bangladeshi immigrants live difficult lives and work minimum wage jobs or as things such as a cab drivers...

When do you see the delivery happening if the deal goes through? also are they tranche 3 or older ones?

Next time we hear anything about this it will be 2022

Isn't it supposed to take a few years for those deals to be cemented? Any chance the might be EFT's? Perhaps Su 30s as well.

This is good who knows what its going to be like in 10 years, any chance of indigenously built fighters or Helicopters by 2030?

Can someone explain to me why buying from the Russians would be a bad idea?

I thought India was supposedly a Secular state?

If Bangladesh wants any relevancy on the international scene they need to build themselves up both militarily and economically so they can be taken seriously. Bangladesh is still widely seen as just as another 3rd world country, and that has been the fact for its entire history and will be for...

https://www.medianama.com/2019/06/223-myanmar-govt-orders-internet-shutdown-in-rakhine-and-chin-amid-escalated-tensions/ Could this lead to something bigger?

This might be a stupid question but is it possible for BD to have Indigenous air capabilities by 2050?

Ah man this forum has reached absolute peak levels of toxicity you cant escape it here

Why though? There has to be something going on behind the scenes.

Is there a pattern in the time in which they decide to release this kind of information?

You guys have any idea when the defense minister is going to release the next wave of information? Maybe in June?

Yes, but my point is once you buy American, you are stuck in the Ecosystem, lets say 3 years after the purchase of F-16's that Bangladesh wants to buy some Chinese planes, Do you think the US would allow them to do so? No. They want Bangladesh to turn in to another major client state that will...

I don't mind buying American arms, the problem is that it would limit Bangladesh's option in the future. Especially with things for the Air force since most of BAF's effectiveness would be venerable to American Foreign Policy