Air force to buy long-range radar by Tk 147cr

[bongbang]

What's the point? Its a waste of precious resources. A single wing of Indian air force can do better job protecting BD air space. BD should rethink its current policy of buying such military hardware.

We all know this Jamaatis are India's whore. No need to repeatedly prove yourself in every threads. Lol

 

[UKBengali]

We all know this Jamaatis are India's whore. No need to repeatedly prove yourself in every threads. Lol

Is it not funny that when BNP are in power that they hardly ever buy any weapons, and even try to get rid of anything that Awami League buys!

 

[Michael Corleone]

Is it a short band radar?
Wow news fighters post 2020+ :/ I won't be impressed if it's not 5th gen by that time.

 

[UKBengali]

Is it a short band radar?
Wow news fighters post 2020+ :/ I won't be impressed if it's not 5th gen by that time.

There will be an order for 4th generation fighters before 2020. After 2020 BD air-force should
really be looking for a 5th generation fighter.

 

[BDforever]

Is it a short band radar?
Wow news fighters post 2020+ :/ I won't be impressed if it's not 5th gen by that time.

check my 2nd post about the radar, it has 500km range :/

 

[Nilgiri]

so basically we will observe upto like from Pankhabari of west Bengal to cuttack of Odisha while sitting in Barishal (Indian side)
excellent @Nilgiri @Joe Shearer
whole west bengal will be under radar @scorpionx goblu will not be able to hide

Can you please post pics of these Yak -130 helicopters

 

[BDforever]

Can you please post pics of these Yak -130 helicopters

 

[Nilgiri]

So what?

Do you expect a massed air strike from India?
Do you expect to defend a massed air strike from India?
Do you expect a greater threat from air than from sea?
Do you expect that Myanmar is a lesser threat than India?

If this news is true, it is a bone-headed decision, and someone in the Air Force needs to lose his job.

Saab, leave them....every small thing they get must be celebrated with much fanfare....its the little things in life



They have to celebrate getting closer to getting themselves past places like Belarus, Ethiopia and Venezuela:

http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp

 

[Nilgiri]

Your thoughts sir as you said that India does not allow BD to purchase anything that will become a threat to it. This radar has range of 500km and will be able to look deep into W Bengal from it's location in Barisal.

This is a threat to us? What will BD use with the information it gathers? How will you protect this radar from DEAD/SEAD that IAF will do right away in any conflict?

Do you understand such radars are only good at discerning high-RCS targets past say 100 km? High volume search beyond that will give no discernment of what type of aerial target it is (i.e is it a cargo aircraft or a large weather balloon) without significant algorithm development by Radar science engineers....which the less said about Bangladesh the better. You understand why this costs 147 cr taka (20 mil USD) and not something way more like say 100 million like a green pine?

I mean an L-band vanilla radar may be a game changer considering having nothing before for BD:

http://www.leonardocompany.com/en/-/rat-31dl

But its not anything India will even notice, given Delhi gave permission to acquire it (and also why you didnt select the chinese one on offer....as loudly as you defence types say China is your biggest strategic partner blah blah).

So its a good acquisition maybe to use with Myanmar. With India the eastern sector is mostly quiet as far as our threat assessment.

And yes India will be making a visit or two and ground-verify this radar too...the regular friendly courtesy call of dada.

 

[UKBengali]

This is a threat to us? What will BD use with the information it gathers? How will you protect this radar from DEAD/SEAD that IAF will do right away in any conflict?

Do you understand such radars are only good at discerning high-RCS targets past say 100 km? High volume search beyond that will give no discernment of what type of aerial target it is (i.e is it a cargo aircraft or a large weather balloon) without significant algorithm development by Radar science engineers....which the less said about Bangladesh the better. You understand why this costs 147 cr taka (20 mil USD) and not something way more like say 100 million like a green pine?

I mean an L-band vanilla radar may be a game changer considering having nothing before for BD:

http://www.leonardocompany.com/en/-/rat-31dl

But its not anything India will even notice, given Delhi gave permission to acquire it (and also why you didnt select the chinese one on offer....as loudly as you defence types say China is your biggest strategic partner blah blah).

So its a good acquisition maybe to use with Myanmar. With India the eastern sector is mostly quiet as far as our threat assessment.

And yes India will be making a visit or two and ground-verify this radar too...the regular friendly courtesy call of dada.

This is just a start. More advanced radars will come soon. Then AWACS, powerful radars
initially on frigates and eventually destroyers will track the minutest of air movements
over large parts of India neighbouring BD.

BD is not stupid to only buy Chinese stuff. It wants to blend different technology types but
the bulk of it's defence purchases will come from China.

Still the fact remains that BD can now track high-flying Indian aircraft like SU-30s over most of West Bengal.
BD needs no permissions from India on what it buys.

 

[Mo12]

I hope this is fake, this is a massive waste of money. India will never attack Bangladesh and India should try to promote peace between Bangaldesh and Burma.

 

[Nilgiri]

This is just a start. More advanced radars will come soon. Then AWACS, powerful radars
initially on frigates and eventually destroyers will track the minutest of air movements
over large parts of India neighbouring BD.

BD is not stupid to only buy Chinese stuff. It wants to blend different technology types but
the bulk of it's defence purchases will come from China.

Still the fact remains that BD can now track high-flying Indian aircraft like SU-30s over most of West Bengal.
BD needs no permissions from India on what it buys.

Yup tell me when it happens.

An L-band installation is a pretty bare bones basic thing. I'm surprised Bangladesh didn't have one already. That shows just how much catch up you have to do.

I mean Bangladesh can't just buy off the shelf radar systems and expect to be treated seriously (without going bankrupt in the process or have severe funding constraints in rest of military).

A country of 170 million needs a radar development institute like LRDE in Bangalore...at least a smaller version of it....to achieve any economies of scale and local optimisation of radars without having to pay a gora engineer for each little thing (forget about local production for time being).

 

[BDforever]

Yup tell me when it happens.

An L-band installation is a pretty bare bones basic thing. I'm surprised Bangladesh didn't have one already. That shows just how much catch up you have to do.

because i am enough

 

[UKBengali]

Yup tell me when it happens.

An L-band installation is a pretty bare bones basic thing. I'm surprised Bangladesh didn't have one already. That shows just how much catch up you have to do.

I mean Bangladesh can't just buy off the shelf radar systems and expect to be treated seriously (without going bankrupt in the process or have severe funding constraints in rest of military).

A country of 170 million needs a radar development institute like LRDE in Bangalore...at least a smaller version of it....to achieve any economies of scale and local optimisation of radars without having to pay a gora engineer for each little thing (forget about local production for time being).

BD is more focused on economy than military at the moment.

It has no urgent need to spend many billions of US dollars buying military hardware just yet.

Completion of "Forces Plan 2030" will see a large and well-equipped BD militany, which will be far more powerful than Myanmar and provide deterrence against India.

 

[Nilgiri]

BD is more focused on economy than military at the moment.

It has no urgent need to spend many billions of US dollars buying military hardware just yet.

Completion of "Forces Plan 2030" will see a large and well-equipped BD militany, which will be far more powerful than Myanmar and provide deterrence against India.

Well you asked my thoughts on it being a threat to India....and I gave it to you.

Of course BD obviously has to focus on Economy first and such acquisitions will give you a good hedge against Myanmar for time being.

But to pose a threat to India will need something way beyond forces plan 2030.

Deterrence can be debated, but we will have to see what the actual realisation of plan 2030 will be.

Out of interest can you summarise the major salient and direct aims/features of plan 2030 here?

Is there anything for example that talks in depth about the C4I Bangladesh seeks to develop/implement rather than just end-point acquisitions?

because i am enough