Bangladesh Air Force

[Jinn Baba]

If Pakistan and Bangladesh had better relations, the JF17 (especially upcoming block 3) would have been perfect for you guys.

 

[Banglar Bir]

If Pakistan and Bangladesh had better relations, the JF17 (especially upcoming block 3) would have been perfect for you guys.

InshaAllah, SABR brother, STRATEGIC partnership is the correct terminology.

 

[UKBengali]

If Pakistan and Bangladesh had better relations, the JF17 (especially upcoming block 3) would have been perfect for you guys.

Not is is not.

JF-17 is known as the worst 4th generation fighter.

BD is most interested in the SU-30SME and the J-10B with AESA.

 

[Major Sam]

Not is is not.

JF-17 is known as the worst 4th generation fighter.

BD is most interested in the SU-30SME and the J-10B with AESA.

living in lala land

 

[Jinn Baba]

Not is is not.

JF-17 is known as the worst 4th generation fighter.

BD is most interested in the SU-30SME and the J-10B with AESA.

If it's reputation you want then buy yourselves some F22s. Everything else pales in comparison.

BUT if you want an aircraft that you can afford to induct in numbers, that is affordable to fly and maintain, and that gives you all the capabilities you need then that is the JF17.

Both the Su30 and J10 are larger, more expensive to buy and more expensive to maintain. The J10 has also not been sold by China to any other country, and may not be for sale.

 

[UKBengali]

If it's reputation you want then buy yourselves some F22s. Everything else pales in comparison.

BUT if you want an aircraft that you can afford to induct in numbers, that is affordable to fly and maintain, and that gives you all the capabilities you need then that is the JF17.

Both the Su30 and J10 are larger, more expensive to buy and more expensive to maintain. The J10 has also not been sold by China to any other country, and may not be for sale.

BD wants better aircraft than Myanmar and ones the equal of Indian air force.

 

[Michael Corleone]

If it's reputation you want then buy yourselves some F22s. Everything else pales in comparison.

BUT if you want an aircraft that you can afford to induct in numbers, that is affordable to fly and maintain, and that gives you all the capabilities you need then that is the JF17.

Both the Su30 and J10 are larger, more expensive to buy and more expensive to maintain. The J10 has also not been sold by China to any other country, and may not be for sale.

F22 pales in comparison to eurofighter and rafale in regards to electronics, its advantage is stealth though.

Our requirements asks for an aircraft better than jf-17, china has already cleared j-10 a and b for sale to export market.

 

[Banglar Bir]

Defense Update Bangladesh
Published on Sep 20, 2017
Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) holds an air exercise using L-39 Albatros. This aircraft has been conduct ground strike training to augment forces capabilities. BAF operating seven L-39 Albatros primary trainer cum light attack aircrafts manufactured by the Aero Vodochody of Czechoslovakia. These aircrafts of Bangladesh Biman Bahini are armed to conduct light attack missions. Guided-unguided rockets, aerial bombs are the main weapons.

Defence Technology of Bangladesh-DTB
AW-101 Merlin along with String Ray torpedoes হেলিকপ্টারের সাথে স্টিং রে টর্পেডো।

শেষ খবর পাওয়া পর্যন্ত বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী ব্রিটেন/ইটালি থেকে সম্ভবত ২ টি BN will purchase 2 X AW-101 Helicopters হেলিকপ্টার কিনবে।এগুলো একাধারে role in ASW হিসেবে এবং নেভাল স্পেশাল ফোর্স and SWADS ops এর জন্য কেনা হচ্ছে (স্পেশাল অপারেশনের জন্য)তবে কোন কিছুই এখনো ১০০% নিশ্চিত না।

এর আগে ব্রিটেন থেকে নৌবাহিনীর জন্য মোট ৪ টি (২ টি টেন্ডার এবং ২ টি G2G) AW-159 Wildcat purchased earlier from the U.K are scheduled to arrive in 2018 কেনা হয়েছে যা ২০১৮ সালে দেশে আসবে

 

[LuCiFeR_DeCoY]

Not is is not.

JF-17 is known as the worst 4th generation fighter.

BD is most interested in the SU-30SME and the J-10B with AESA.

You still favor Chinese aircraft after their support to Myanmar over Bangladesh for decades? There is little doubt that they will stop supplying ammunition if there is a Myanmar Bangladesh standoff like they did in 90's. We have to check our emotion and looks for alternative sources.
There are a couple of aircraft project going on like South Korean KAI FX, Turkish TFX and others. They said KAI FX block 3 will be as stealthy as F35 and it will be cheaper. Our economy is growing steadily and we can afford four squadrons of quality aircraft to confront that radical country.

 

[Avicenna]

You still favor Chinese aircraft after their support to Myanmar over Bangladesh for decades? There is little doubt that they will stop supplying ammunition if there is a Myanmar Bangladesh standoff like they did in 90's. We have to check our emotion and looks for alternative sources.
There are a couple of aircraft project going on like South Korean KAI FX, Turkish TFX and others. They said KAI FX block 3 will be as stealthy as F35 and it will be cheaper. Our economy is growing steadily and we can afford four squadrons of quality aircraft to confront that radical country.

Agree.

Diversify suppliers. Maybe a East-West mix of hardware may be more appropriate given the current situation.

In terms of the BAF, maybe small numbers of a Western type such as the Gripen? Not sure if politically feasible. But money talks. And if the Bangladeshi economy really is doing as well as you people say it is, financially its affordable. Botswana is supposedly looking for 8 Gripens. I think Bangladesh can afford it. Especially, in the context that BD spends so little a percentage of its GDP on the military to start with.

More important than what to buy however, is to have a government in place willing to use it.

 

[UKBengali]

You still favor Chinese aircraft after their support to Myanmar over Bangladesh for decades? There is little doubt that they will stop supplying ammunition if there is a Myanmar Bangladesh standoff like they did in 90's. We have to check our emotion and looks for alternative sources.
There are a couple of aircraft project going on like South Korean KAI FX, Turkish TFX and others. They said KAI FX block 3 will be as stealthy as F35 and it will be cheaper. Our economy is growing steadily and we can afford four squadrons of quality aircraft to confront that radical country.

Short term, BD has no choice but to go with China for cost/performance reasons. Long term, Turkey is the best bet with it's 5th generation fighter.
So by 2030, BD should be getting in order SU-30SME, J-10B and then Turkish TF-X.
As for resupply in times of war, BD needs to make sure it has plenty of stock of bombs and missiles and then it should be fine.

 

[Avicenna]

May need to re-assess MRCA due to political realities.

Russia and China have not been so helpful to Bangaldesh during this crisis.

Procurement has to be seen through a different political lense at this point from when that tender was originally placed.

 

[Jinn Baba]

F22 pales in comparison to eurofighter and rafale in regards to electronics, its advantage is stealth though.

Our requirements asks for an aircraft better than jf-17, china has already cleared j-10 a and b for sale to export market.

Look at any air defence exercise in which F22s participated- they dominated the competition! Nothing beats it in the air superiority role.

But in a J10 vs JF17 competition, J10 is the better aircraft. I think the Chinese even found it to be better to their Su27s in air combat; so it would be a good addition to BAF if you can get them in good numbers.

 

[Imran Khan]

i love the way PDF salesmen and costumers behave

 

[LuCiFeR_DeCoY]

Agree.

Diversify suppliers. Maybe a East-West mix of hardware may be more appropriate given the current situation.

In terms of the BAF, maybe small numbers of a Western type such as the Gripen? Not sure if politically feasible. But money talks. And if the Bangladeshi economy really is doing as well as you people say it is, financially its affordable. Botswana is supposedly looking for 8 Gripens. I think Bangladesh can afford it. Especially, in the context that BD spends so little a percentage of its GDP on the military to start with.

More important than what to buy however, is to have a government in place willing to use it.

Botswana's GDP is around 13 billion compared to BD's 248 billion, and our GDP growth is above 6% since last decade (7.24% in 2017).So I believe that we have better purchasing power than them.
But you are right, what we buy is not more important than government's ability or desire to use them in a critical situation.

Short term, BD has no choice but to go with China for cost/performance reasons. Long term, Turkey is the best bet with it's 5th generation fighter.
So by 2030, BD should be getting in order SU-30SME, J-10B and then Turkish TF-X.
As for resupply in times of war, BD needs to make sure it has plenty of stock of bombs and missiles and then it should be fine.

will it be cost effective to maintain two different kinds of aircraft despite we have migs. Turkey is so far the best option for us but their aircraft yet to pass the design phase.South Korean aircraft will be good enough for that radical nation as they won't be using F-22 or F-35 anytime soon.
And yes, China might be a short-term solution if we store plenty of necessary equipment. But what will be our option if the war goes more than a week or month?