[🇧🇩] India's offer to increase defense cooperation with Bangladesh-----What is India's real intention?

[Vsdoc]

Bangladesh has only one natural predatory hostile state it needs to plan for. And that is Myanmar.

India is friends with both.

Should not be difficult to maintain a decent peaceful balance in the region.

 

[Saif]

BD armed forces will remain dependent on any other country for any foreseeable future. Be it India, be it China, be it Europe or Be it any other European nation.

We are slowly moving toward self reliance with the help of China, and Turkey. We buy most of our weapons from China and Turkey. Russia is also helping.

 

[Saif]

Bangladesh has only one natural predatory hostile state it needs to plan for. And that is Myanmar.

India is friends with both.

Should not be difficult to maintain a decent peaceful balance in the region.

I could have agreed with you if India could stop sponsoring insurgencies in Chittagong Hill Tracts and stop border killings.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

We are slowly moving toward self reliance with the help of China, and Turkey. We buy most of our weapons from China and Turkey. Russia is also helping.

BD has no capability to produce any weapons which can have an Impact in war. Tell me which Modern weapons does BD produces in BD? Plane, Howitzers, Submarines, Modern Ship, Any Air-to-Air Missile, Any BMD, SAM system, Tank, Armored vehicle? I am Curious to know any weapon produce by BD indigenously?

 

[Vsdoc]

I could have agreed with you if India could stop sponsoring insurgencies in Chittagong Hill Tracts and stop border killings.

Its not really important that members on an anonymous forum agree with each other or not.

But the realities.

Which is that India in not interested in fostering new arms races in its region, where none are really needed.

Also, as has been seen historically, in the distant past from 1971 and more recently with the Rohingya exodus, any armed conflict in the region will result in an exodus of refugees into India.

That is something India would like to avoid peacefully as far as is possible.

 

[Vsdoc]

Remember, the only countries that win from an arms race are those not inside the perimeter of fire and supplying the weaponry keeping their own industries and economies robust.

 

[Saif]

Also, as has been seen historically, in the distant past from 1971 and more recently with the Rohingya exodus, any armed conflict in the region will result in an exodus of refugees into India.

That is something India would like to avoid peacefully as far as is possible.

Bangladesh is the worst victim of insurgencies in Myanmar. 1.2 million Rohingya have taken refuge in Bangladesh. How many Rohingya have taken refuge in India?

 

[Saif]

BD has no capability to produce any weapons which can have an Impact in war. Tell me which Modern weapons does BD produces in BD? Plane, Howitzers, Submarines, Modern Ship, Any Air-to-Air Missile, Any BMD, SAM system, Tank, Armored vehicle? I am Curious to know any weapon produce by BD indigenously?

We mostly produce small arms at Bangladesh Ordnance Factory in Gazipur. We got technology transfer from China, Austria, and Russia. There is a plan to produce armored personnel carriers (the hull and the engine), MANPADS and ATGM (anti tank guided missiles). Our navy produces patrol craft, Large patrol craft, oil tanker, Auxiliary ships. Other projects that have been taken up by the navy are: 6 high performance frigates, 6 heavy offshore patrol vessels, 4 corvettes, and missile boats. Bangladesh air force has produced BBT2--a basic trainer.