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of course it is.... only close-range defensive armament for such a large ship has to be considered lightly armed, isn't it?

thats more like it..... I got really surprised to see the price thats been floating around.... it seemed almost unreal.... $200 million+ is more of a real world number.... thanks for chipping in with the details....

thats right.... these ships can only be useful for UN missions, as we don't have any outlying islands to protect like Indonesia or Philippines.... these may not be armed, but these are purely offensive platforms..... they're never supposed to be armed.... take a look at the UN Navy...

may be.... but its really confusing.... even on 22nd June the Minister said that the there are plans for "helicopter-carrying missile frigates with three-dimensional capabilities and missile corvettes with two-dimensional capabilities".... lets see where we go from here.....

what???..... there was never any word from any govt official regarding an LPD!!! :O

anyone has any lead regarding the progress with Pakistan proposal to upgrade Bangladesh Army T-59/69 fleet?

this is wrong reporting by Janes'.... the K-8W and Mi-171Sh are for the Air Force.... this is what the minister had to say..... the summary translation is - these are all for the air force.... "বিমানবাহিনীর উন্নয়নে গৃহীত পদক্ষেপ ও ভবিষ্যত্ পরিকল্পনা সম্পর্কে সৈয়দ আশরাফ সংসদকে জানান, ২০১২-১৩...

the same port would be visited by BNS Osman and BNS Madhumati from 5th to 7th July.....

Russian sources are also pretty secretive..... they had been like that for most of their history...... only recently they've learned how to share something in public..... think about this - there was no official confirmation that Russia ever sold Kh-35 anti-ship missiles to Myanmar.... but we...

definitely...... may be within the next 10-15 years.....

incorrect in quite a few places..... obviously biased towards BD..... it shouldn't be placed like that.... the people in both military know the real stuff through their intel channels.... so, there's no point presenting such info.....

anyway, thanks..... we would love to know in time when you source corroborates this..... :)

ooop!!!.... we ordered only 2..... :D so, probably 2 of these 4 are coming to Bangladesh?.... is it? and what happens to the other two?..... another customer for those?..... or are they going to scrapyard? :O exactly..... there is something called number..... and numbers are important...

its not my version..... I didn't make that info..... I gave a link....

even if these are absolute junks, they have their uses..... I've said that several times in this thread..... submarines are force multipliers.... they can tie down many more enemy units.... this is regardless of their sophistication..... just because you don't know where they are; you can't see...

about the pennant '305' and '308'...... the '305' was launched in June 1997 and the '308' was launched in Oct 1998, making the boats 17 years and 16 years old, respectively..... six boats of the Type 035G class (pennants '305' to '310') were improved model, launching between 1997 and 2001...

thats one of the more rational posts I've seen in this forum here..... you've realised a very important part of Bangladesh's defence that most fail to realise.... most people fail to address the fact that 80% of Bangladesh's trade is seaborne.... and its the easiest to blockade the Bay of Bengal...

well, another very important reason behind getting more than one subs is to keep at least one operational all the time.... two is bare minimum.... still, there would be times when none would be operational due to maintenance, overhaul or whatever other reason..... 3-4 is more like a practical...

well said.... and also, the Ming would be very easy to find provided that you know in which part of the sea it is.... we're talking of searching tens of kilometers of sea at a time with a single sonar; not hundreds of kilometers of sea.... and how many ASW platforms (surface/subsurface/air)...

yet again political discussion in a permanent thread..... I'm losing interest.....