A drowning man catches at a straw...
BD folks didn't have to go this way, but they did!!!! With the assassination of Merhum Zia-ur Rehman, within "two weeks" of the return of Hasina from Delhi (Indira was then PM), the sprouting Deep State/Nation got crushed too!!!! Now, BD has only corrupt-to-the-core proxies.....
Without a burgeoning Deep State, which can withstand the foreign pressure and put out the tricks out of the sleeves, forget about the proper defense capabilities.....
Sorry to say, the Burmese Deep State, although corrupt, is now miles ahead of BD in the defense planning/procurement/execution etc....