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China is a great friend of ours.... but that doesn't mean that China can and will establish military bases all throughout the Indian Ocean rim to protect our shipping.... China has her own challenges with their shipping (mainly energy and mineral supplies from the Middle East and Africa)...

I guess you know that 90% of our foreign trade is done through the sea.... and almost all of that comes and goes outside the Bay of Bengal..... so, you let India protect our sea lanes outside the Bay of Bengal?

hmm.... on the other hand, our aim is actually to control the Indian Ocean..... :D

if you base your requirements on science, then some things need to sorted out.... science is based on agreement.... its an agreement on an idea.... agreements change; science changes.... something that stood valid 50 years ago is considered false now.... like people once believed that the earth...

exactly.... so, a beast has to move, right? but how far?.... what distance does he have to move or prepared to move? that distance will be based on what thought?

hmm.... again, I wasn't actually talking about Guderian's tank battle history.... to talk of history, we can go on and on - how Hitler approved the Manstein plan, or Hitler's halt order before Dunkirk..... or his decision to divert forces to the Caucasus during the Battle of Stalingrad...

I love the Type 517H-1 ‘Knife Rest’ 2D A-band long-range air search radar.... that frequency in today's battlefield is awesome....

comparing a bridge that has the biggest foundation pillar ever constructed in the history of man with something that has thousands of examples throughout the globe...... this is like comparing Agartala with Chakir-tala..... or comparing Ayub Khan with Khili Pan.... :lol: damn!!.... kono kothai...

this is a good discussion.... starting to like it.... :D the thing that I was trying to bring in is not about whether tanks are designed the way warfare is done, or whether warfare is designed the way tanks can be designed.... rather, I was trying to bring in the topic of how warfare is...

hmm.... so, if Heinz Guderian didn't invent the tank, who did?.... and what was he thinking?.... is Guderian's tank really a tank, or something else?.... because the guy who conceived a tank didn't want it to do what Guderian wanted.... so, if Guderian's theories hold today, it needs to be seen...

on the other hand, we're worried about India keeping itself together..... India's realization of their reality (especially on the eastern side) makes us feel sad about India.... we are very enthusiastic and friendly people.... we can help India survive as a state (which we are actually doing...

why do they always think that we need their advice?

I'm a bit of an ignorant..... what is a tank?.... what is it supposed to do?

exactly! trade route protection can only be achieved by the formation of longer-range naval units.... there's no option to rely on others to do our job.... that would make us dependent on others (especially India).... and that would be bye bye to a powerful Bangladesh....

Bangladesh is entirely dependent on sea trade that comes from outside the Bay of Bengal and you're saying that we need to keep ourselves tucked-up inside the Bay of Bengal?..... so, you're saying that we would let our sea trade be protected by the Indian Navy outside the Bay of Bengal.... right?

ha ha.... these ships can help topple some island nation's govt. in a flash..... but none would know they were there..... just take a look at their colours.... :-)

back to naval platform discussion..... everyone is busy with carriers, destroyers, frigates.... but these are some cool naval platforms that nobody talk about.... M.V. C-Champion USNS Black Powder

I have underlined the reason why they are allowed to own carriers today.... if one of them challenge the Western ways globally, the whole game changes.... a carrier in the hands of China or Japan is not the same as in the hands of Korea or Thailand.... which is why flat-tops in the hands of...

well, I don't know what you call bank accounts.... but when GoB is building a $3 billion bridge with foreign currency, it surely looks anything like that.... and what good is an account when you can't cash cheques?..... it seems like ours isn't an account.... yet we are writing cheques...

thats exactly the point.... I have mentioned above that - thinking patterns design purpose... geography (among others) designs methods.... method designs platforms.... why does it seem too complex?.... think geography - Britain and the US would have to have different platforms if they want...