Bangladesh
government has placed order with China's Wuchan Shipyard for supplying two
sophisticated warships, one of which shall be handed over to Bangladesh by next
year. The warship sized 64 meter in length with the capacity of 648 tons has
highest speed of 28 nautical miles. The manufacturers of these warships are
paying attention to the special requisition of the Bangladesh Navy keeping
various types of most sophistical weapons and equipment. China earlier supplied
similar warships to Pakistan. With the placement of order for supplying
warships, Bangladesh has entered new vista of defense cooperation with China.
Bangladesh
government has also decided to procure a number of sophisticated helicopters,
aircrafts and warships for the domestic security as well as sufficient
efficiency of safeguarding country's interest.
Bangladesh
Navy has also decided to add Corvet and Off-the Shelve frigate in near future.
It has already procured two more warships named 'Bijoy' and 'Dhoshwari'. Sholder
launched surface-to-air missile system has been added in these warships. It has
purchased two helicopters for another warship named 'Bangabandhu'.
According
to information, Bangladesh Navy has earlier purchased 21 units of high-speed
boats. Additionally manufacturing of two units of maritime patrol aircrafts,
five units of patrol crafts and one oil tanker is undergoing now.
The
current government in Bangladesh has made an elaborate plan for significantly
strengthening its defense facilities by procuring huge number of military
hardware as well as sophisticated equipment and weapons with the target of
transforming Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Air Force and Bangladesh Navy into
sufficiently advanced on facing any internal or external security threats. Special
emphasis is being given to strengthening Bangladesh Navy for safeguarding huge
natural resources in the Bay of Bengal. It is believed by economic and
petroleum experts that by 2030, Bangladesh's economy will grow hugely thus
placing the country to the economic status of developed nations, if the
petroleum resources within the Bay of Bengal will be properly explored.
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