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someone is talking sense now..... :D 97m, 1,500ton ship with 24 VLS and a helicopter hanger..... thats ship designing!! it seems very much a modular design, doesn't it?.... and previously BN went for Durjoy-class as well as Padma-class..... both the classes are custom-desgined for BN.... even...

why has this nonsensical thread been revived???

these are all good ships that we're discussing..... but considering our fund constraints, I don't think its an option to go for multiple units of $250 million+ frigates right now..... our economy will tell what to do in the future.... for now, refurbished frigates and new corvettes and missile...

oh no no.... not at all.... no question about it..... we can't possibly go for any Israeli stuff.... its totally banned.... no diplomatic relation even....

just take a look at the weapons fitting on those ships in addition to the Barak.... most ships received Barak as an additional defence..... that didn't take any space whatsoever!!..... you'll have a hard time finding the Barak VLS in those ships!!..... actually thats the point.... the...

yea, the Turkish Navy have added some cool ships in recent times.... but I know of the Ada-class (MILGEM) that is around 100m and 2,400ton that is probably incorporating Mk41 VLS into it..... thats very encouraging for us considering the expense of 150m+ 4,000-5,000ton frigates.....

thats a nice discussion you've pulled up..... I haven't really thought of VLS for our ships, considering them a little too much for our little budget now..... I really envy the Israelis..... have a look at their Sa'ar 5 corvettes..... only 1,200tons..... yet, they had developed a missile that is...

well, lets see..... its still early days..... Bangladesh's strategic position call for a lot of stuff..... all depends on the economy..... economy currently dictates which strategic priorities should be confronted first..... a bigger economy will mean bigger trade; more importance of the ports...

this picture shows satellite picture of Bangladesh and gives an idea of the water-bodies' size compared to the country.... the capital Dhaka is in the bottom centre of the picture.... land border with India is on the far left and far right.... as well as on the right upper corner..... the left...

you can see my post #2330 to get an idea about Bangladesh terrain..... you can also ask your veteran soldiers who served here in 1971 or before that.... tanks and tank units are not the same..... a tank needs support.... and not all of that support have cross-country ability like a tank...

actually the ships that are likely to start construction here probably later this year are two Large Patrol Crafts (LPCs) that are 64m and 650ton.... can hardly call them as missile boats.... especially when they carry sonar and ASW rockets along with SSMs, guns and MANPADS..... they're...

erosion is a big problem.... salinity also is..... for salinity, the biggest problem is severe dropping of freshwater level in rivers..... as such salty seawater is encroaching inland..... and I guess you already know the real problem behind dropping level of freshwater in our rivers..... or...

thats great.... probably its the budget issue after all.... as said earlier, my be BN is waiting for some priorities to get fulfilled first...... but its a real probability that this deal is actually under a concrete plan....

ha ha.... yea, I also thought he made the mistake.... but also asked myself - would he? :undecided: the DW 300H design seems a good one.... specs are quite good.... we already have a frigate with mostly Thales EW suites.... the ESSM and the Harpoons may be changed possibly.... but anyway, thats...

wow!!... thats a sleek design too!!.... any specs available? our previous naval chief Vice Admiral Z U Ahmed said in an interview in December 2012 that "a contract for the construction of two corvettes has already been signed with South Korea"... wonder where his corvettes went..... :undecided:

why is it so difficult for people to understand that not all geographies are the same??...... and that geography plays a very important role in battle plan??..... stubborn people never make good strategists..... this is what Geneal Jacob had to say about the terrain of Bangladesh...

wow!!.... thats a sleek design.... such a ship will cost a minimum of $250 million, I think.... the Incheon-class only has RAM for its air defence, yet its costing ROK Navy $232mn...... keeping such a huge deal secret would be some achievement..... but to be delivered by 2016, it has to be under...

well, thats okay.... we don't mind getting a few state-of-the-art stuff to kick some behind.... no problemo.... but the question is, why did the naval chief said that if it didn't really materialise.... and that too, in December 2012.... and why haven't we heard of it from any other...

thats a good point you've picked..... about Korean frigates..... even our previous naval chief Vice Admiral Z U Ahmed said in an interview in December 2012 that "a contract for the construction of two corvettes has already been signed with South Korea"..... that statement perplexed me ever...

well, it all depends on how you use your resources..... considering that we got these two ships for a total of only $84 million, we can't complain about it.... they're stop-gap solutions only...... we can't be totally happy until we get ships of customised designs for us.... thats gonna take...