Bangladesh Air Force is interested in Dassault Aviation's Rafale

[bluesky]

Possibility very high that India will supply Tejas to Myanmar. At least Modi wants that to happen. https://www.firstpost.com/world/mya...-jets-china-pakistan-worry-india-1588639.html

Bd will be delighted to see India supplies a few broken Tejas to MM. By the way, what are you doing with your junk submarine supplied by India? can you run it already?

 

[ghost250]

https://www.dw.com/en/bangladeshi-s...-12-year-old-rohingya-refugee-girl/a-50703274
Bangladeshi soldiers accused of raping 12-year-old Rohingya refugee girl
Bangladeshi troops have allegedly raped an underage Rohingya girl at the Cox's Bazar refugee camp. The authorities deny rape allegations, but the girl's family told DW they were being threatened by security forces.


Recently, three Bangladeshi troops were accused of raping a 12-year-old girl at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar city. According to Mohammad Osman, the victim's elder brother, the incident took place on September 29, when the soldiers were patrolling the Nayapara refugee camp.

"Three soldiers forced their way into our house that evening. One of them held her mouth tightly, while the others raped her," Osman said.

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Osman's neighbor told DW that the girl was taken to the nearby clinic as she was bleeding. Another Rohingya refugee, who saw the girl at the healthcare facility, said she was not able to walk properly.

The girl was later transferred to a main hospital in Cox's Bazar. Shaheen Abdur Rahman, the doctor who treated her, confirmed that the girl was brought to the hospital. He, however, refused to comment on rape allegations.

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'Threatened and harassed'

Osman claimed that her sister was discharged from the hospital without proper treatment.

"Medical examinations have confirmed that she was raped. But hospital authorities didn't issue a report to us even though we requested it," he said.


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He said that security forces had threatened his family, hoping they would not report the case.

"I have been summoned to a nearby military camp a couple of times," he told DW on Friday, adding he was too afraid to go.

The family has not yet filed a police report, as it could have serious consequences for them, Osman said.

"Bangladesh's military is quite powerful and we are just refugees. We don't have any support in this country. That's why we are afraid of filing the rape case against the soldiers," he added.

Meenakshi Ganguly, the South Asia director for Human Rights Watch (HRW), told DW that Bangladeshi authorities and the humanitarian agencies working with refugees must ensure that the 12-year-old girl receives proper medical care and counseling.

"Her family should also get legal counseling and witness protection," Ganguly said.

"The Bangladesh military and other authorities should not try and protect criminals in their ranks. Those responsible should be prosecuted in a transparent and credible manner in civilian courts," the activist said.

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Contradictory claims

Meanwhile, the officials that manage the Cox's Bazar Rohingya camp — the world's largest refugee settlement, where over a million Rohingya refugees have been living for years — said there was no evidence that the girl was raped.

"According to the medical examination, the girl was not raped," Mahbub Alam Talukder, the commissioner for the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission (RRRC) in Cox's Bazar, told DW.


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Lieutenant Colonel Abdullah ibn Zaid, a spokesman for the Bangladesh Armed Forces, said they were looking into the alleged rape incident. "We have formed a committee to investigate the claim. If the soldiers are found guilty, we will punish them," Zaid told AFP news agency.

''We are aware of the [rape] reports. In such cases, individuals are entitled to medical, physical and psychological support, as well as access to due process. We cannot provide further details on individual cases due to confidentiality, the rights of the individual as well as the ongoing investigation," said UNHCR spokesperson Joseph Tripura.

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Tensions on the rise

The Bangladeshi army has been responsible for maintaining the security situation in the Cox's Bazar refugee camps.

The rape allegations surfaced at a time when tensions in the refugee camps were already on the rise due in part to a failed attempt to repatriate 3,500 of them.

The authorities have also blocked mobile phones and the internet in the camps, accusing some Rohingya refugees of committing violent crimes, including the murder of a local politician.

Read more: Rohingya militants active in Bangladeshi refugee camps

Rights activists have expressed grave concerns over the situation.

"For Bangladesh to uphold its human rights obligations, it needs to make sure that security forces do not act as judge, jury, and executioner — their role is to arrest suspects and produce evidence of their crime. That is true also in the case of any investigation of crimes in the refugee settlements," said HRW's Ganguly.

look,who is talking about rape,child abuse nd human rights!!...lol.....more for u..

"...On MN decks, memories of a humiliating climb-down a decade ago in the face of the Bangladesh Navy still rankle.


Natural gas exploration undertaken by a South Korean drilling platform escorted by MN vessels in disputed waters near the two sides’ maritime border triggered first diplomatic protests and then in November 2008 a concentration of superior Bangladeshi naval firepower, which forced the MN to back down and quit the area....."

https://asiatimes.com/2019/12/ships-ahoy-for-myanmars-new-blue-water-navy/

Bd will be delighted to see India supplies a few broken Tejas to MM. By the way, what are you doing with your junk submarine supplied by India? can you run it already?

they provided myanmar sum vintage 1970s aircraft..

https://www.hindustantimes.com/indi...me-aircraft/story-Ex5EUD2cztE4egrQNVcXIP.html

Myanmar gets India's maritime aircraft

"The IN has around 13 remaining Islanders it acquired around 1976 and senior military planners do not rule out the possibility of providing Myanmar more in the "near future", the respected defence magazine said...."

 

[bluesky]

they provided myanmar sum vintage 1970s aircraft..

https://www.hindustantimes.com/indi...me-aircraft/story-Ex5EUD2cztE4egrQNVcXIP.html

Myanmar gets India's maritime aircraft

"The IN has around 13 remaining Islanders it acquired around 1976 and senior military planners do not rule out the possibility of providing Myanmar more in the "near future", the respected defence magazine said...."

It takes a lot of time and money to dismantle a RC building. You can guess how much money India saved by supplying these vintage aircraft that will break wings in the maiden flight. What MM can do with its $66 billion GDP to a country with $320 billion? BD should help out this pitiful MM.

 

[Bilal9]

Myanmar gets India's maritime aircraft

"The IN has around 13 remaining Islanders it acquired around 1976 and senior military planners do not rule out the possibility of providing Myanmar more in the "near future", the respected defence magazine said...."

Bharat is our "friend and ally" in the region. Wah! Splendid!

The only solace is that these Islanders are only fit for the trash heap...

 

[Avicenna]

Bharat is our "friend and ally" in the region. Wah! Splendid!

The only solace is that these Islanders are only fit for the trash heap...

"Strategic allies bro...."

 

[Bilal9]

"Strategic allies bro...."

I think this kinda strategy only works in their favor.

In that way - great strategy.

 

[vishwambhar]

Bd will be delighted to see India supplies a few broken Tejas to MM. By the way, what are you doing with your junk submarine supplied by India? can you run it already?

Single engine, lighter, nimble homemade Tejas armed with deadly homemade Astra BVR is a perfect complimentary fighter jet for Myanmar Flankers.... if Myanmar adds Awacs to its fleet then it will be a nightmarish scenario for ill equipped BAF (only 8 formidable Fulcrums, rest outdated F7 and Yak) to even challenge it in some small air skirmish let alone full blown battle....

Junk submarine KILO is India's (one of the most powerful navies in Asia) still top of the line submarine capable to fire cruise missiles.... it's so deadly and silent that even NATO calls it a BLACK HOLE

So keep underestimating Indian weapons and Myanmar procurements only to get rear whooped when time comes....

 

[ghost250]

Single engine, lighter, nimble homemade Tejas armed with deadly homemade Astra BVR is a perfect complimentary fighter jet for Myanmar Flankers.... if Myanmar adds Awacs to its fleet then it will be a nightmarish scenario for ill equipped BAF (only 8 formidable Fulcrums, rest outdated F7 and Yak) to even challenge it in some small air skirmish let alone full blown battle....

Junk submarine KILO is India's (one of the most powerful navies in Asia) still top of the line submarine capable to fire cruise missiles.... it's so deadly and silent that even NATO calls it a BLACK HOLE

So keep underestimating Indian weapons and Myanmar procurements only to get rear whooped when time comes....

"if" myanmar buy this, "if" myanmar buy that...lots of "if"..come back again when myanmar buy awacs nd tejass...

that single early project 877 submarine is more louder thn our mings..yeah,so deadly!!

http://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2014/06/german-diesel-engines-and-aip-for.html

 

[vishwambhar]

"if" myanmar buy this, "if" myanmar buy that...lots of "if"..come back again when myanmar buy awacs nd tejass...

that single early project 877 submarine is more louder thn our mings..yeah,so deadly!!

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Deadly Kilo can fire cruise missiles... are your less noisy mings armed wth cruise missiles？

 

[Asian.Century]

If Bangladesh go for Rafale that will be great. Gives a uplift in Asian Power to Bangladesh in the Military World and also defend Bangladesh from any adverseries.

 

[I S I]

TOT or gtfo

 

[VikingRaider]

"Strategic allies bro...."

Good shot.

 

[Michael Corleone]

If Bangladesh go for Rafale that will be great. Gives a uplift in Asian Power to Bangladesh in the Military World and also defend Bangladesh from any adverseries.

There’s no way Bangladesh will go for rafales

Single engine, lighter, nimble homemade Tejas armed with deadly homemade Astra BVR is a perfect complimentary fighter jet for Myanmar Flankers.... if Myanmar adds Awacs to its fleet then it will be a nightmarish scenario for ill equipped BAF (only 8 formidable Fulcrums, rest outdated F7 and Yak) to even challenge it in some small air skirmish let alone full blown battle....

Junk submarine KILO is India's (one of the most powerful navies in Asia) still top of the line submarine capable to fire cruise missiles.... it's so deadly and silent that even NATO calls it a BLACK HOLE

So keep underestimating Indian weapons and Myanmar procurements only to get rear whooped when time comes....

And yet Burma avoided your gaucola tin can called tejas and went with jf17...

 

[Asian.Century]

There’s no way Bangladesh will go for rafales


And yet Burma avoided your gaucola tin can called tejas and went with jf17...

Why?

Financially weak, very expensive, politics?

 

[Avicenna]

Why?

Financially weak, very expensive, politics?

Makes no sense politically or financially.

Rafale is a tremendously capable platform of course.

But the French are money whores with limited geopolitical clout.

(Compared to US/UK or China)

Also, new build Rafales are extremely expensive and the total numbers built will be fairly low.

Even with Eurofighter you have multiple nations flying it with total quantity built being far higher than Rafale.

Best of all would probably be a US fighter, although that always comes with limitations in terms of access to full capability as well as the threat of sanctions.