The atmosphere of protests against India has increased after the incident of mob lynching of a minority Hindu citizen in Bangladesh. The Indian High Commission office in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, was surrounded and an incident of stone pelting and anti-India sloganeering was carried out there. After the ongoing tension with India, Bangladesh is busy strengthening its army. In such a situation, today we will tell you which aircraft and missile systems the Bangladesh Army has.
Bangladesh Army is at 43rd position compared to 145 countries.
According to the report of Global Fire Power website, the military strength of Bangladesh is at 35th position compared to 145 countries of the world. At the same time, if we talk about the air power of Bangladesh, it is at number 43 among 145 countries. There are a total of 214 military aircraft in Bangladesh’s air fleet, of which the total number of fighter aircraft like F-7, MiG-29 and Yak-130 is 42, while Bangladesh has 65 helicopters. Whereas, if we talk about attack helicopter, Bangladesh does not have even one.
Apart from this, Bangladesh Army has 56 self-propelled artillery, 546 towed artillery, total number of rocket artillery is 110. At the same time, Bangladeshi Army also has Turkish-made modern TRG-300 Tiger Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS). Tiger missile and T-122/300 Multi Caliber and Multi-Caliber Rocket Launching (MBRL) system have been integrated in this weapon system. Bangladesh had purchased this rocket system in the year 2021 at a cost of about $60 million. A total of three batteries of this weapon system of Bangladesh were found in it.
This missile system can successfully hit targets at a range of 3 km to 100 km. 4 rounds of 300 mm or 40 rounds of 122 mm rocket can be installed in this missile launcher unit.
from pakistan JF-17 Bangladesh can buy fighter aircraft
At the same time, Bangladesh has shown interest in Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft. Its striking distance can be more than 3,400 km. JF-17 Thunder is considered the main strength of Pakistani Air Force, its new Block-III version is a 4.5 generation multirole fighter, which has been jointly developed by Chengdu Aircraft Corporation and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex.
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