[🇧🇩-Airforce] MRCA Program of Bangladesh Air Force

Date of Event: Nov 19, 2024

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxSJdEQHxlU

Bangladesh’s air chief attends Zhuhai airshow, signaling interest in Chinese military tech

 

[Saif]

Focus in Bangladesh - as it exists and will remain for the near future, is to improve the economy. End of story.

Sovereignty comes first not the economy.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

BAF has always customized Chinese aircraft before purchasing. The avionics, ejection seat and targeting pod can be changed to make J-10 a potent aerial platform.

But what about the platform? If they provide Russian engine, it can be still workable but if they install Chinese engine, its reliability shall be very low. Its weapons are not very reliable, so as radar. It will always be batter to go for Russian weapons when there is a choice between Russian and Chinese weapon. Even China has purchased Su 35 and Su30 inspite of claim of so called 5th generation plane called J 20. China itself has not inducted JF17 though they use Mig 21.

 

[Saif]

But what about the platform? If they provide Russian engine, it can be still workable but if they install Chinese engine, its reliability shall be very low. Its weapons are not very reliable, so as radar. It will always be batter to go for Russian weapons when there is a choice between Russian and Chinese weapon. Even China has purchased Su 35 and Su30 inspite of claim of so called 5th generation plane called J 20. China itself has not inducted JF17 though they use Mig 21.

China has reverse engineered Russian engine which works just fine.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

China has reverse engineered Russian engine which works just fine.

China had offered JF 17 with Chinese engine which Pakistan had refused to accept. If BD thinks that it works fine, so be it. Afterall, you are going to purchase it with your own money.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

So far as India is concern, India will always want country with possibility of potential conflict to have substandard weapons. IAF will always prefer to counter JF 17 and J10 than Mig 35 ot Su35.