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Le Bengladesh modernise sa marine plus que viellote

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La marine du Bangladesh envisage d’acheter des frégates et un sous-marin


Publié le 24 juin 2009.
La marine du Bangladesh cherche la mise en œuvre d’un plan à 10 ans lui permettant de devenir une force tri-dimensionnelle grâce à l’achat de frégates, d’un sous-marin, d’avions de patrouille maritime, d’hélicoptères et d’autres équipements.

La marine prévoit d’acheter 3 frégates, 3 gros patrouilleurs, 12 patrouilleurs, 2 chalands de débarquement, un navire hydrographique, un navire de sauvetage, 4 vedettes lance-missiles, ainsi que des missiles installés sur certains navires pour renforcer sa flotte de surface.
Il prévoit aussi de constituer sa propre flotte aérienne en acheter 3 avions de patrouille maritime et 4 hélicoptères au cours des 10 prochaines années.
La marine du Bangladesh prévoit aussi d’acheter un sous-marin d’ici 2019. Le gouvernement a approuvé cet achat.
"Avant d’acheter le sous-marins, des mesures ont déjà été prises pour construire les infrastructures et former le personnel. Lorsque le travail préparatoire sera terminé, il sera possible de lancer les mesures pour acheter un sous-marin en 2019," indique le plan de la marine.
Sur les 82 navires composant la marine du Bangladesh, la plupart ont plus de 25 ans (certains datent des années 50). Seuls 15 ont moins de 25 ans.
Référence :
Daily Star (Bengladesh)

http://www.corlobe.tk/article14857.html

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Navy to get 2 submarines

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government had moved to
purchase two submarines and a coast guard cutter for Bangladesh Navy to
modernise and strengthen the force.

“Activities are going on to purchase two submarines from a friendly country,”
she told parliament while replying to a lawmaker's scripted query on her
government's efforts to modernise the navy, army and air force.

Hasina, however, did not mention the name of the country friendly to
Bangladesh and the timeframe for completing the purchase.

The coast guard cutter will be purchased from the USA, she said.

According to a report prepared by the navy in early 2009, the force has
planned to introduce an aviation wing and a submarine to its fleet to obtain
capability of a three-dimensional force.

The force has already taken steps to build infrastructure and train up its
personnel, said the report sent to the armed forces division, a wing under the
prime minister's office.

In her scripted answer, the premier said her government has already purchased
missile, torpedo for destroying ship and submarine, depth charge, rocket
launcher, canon, radar and other weapons for the navy.

Earlier on June 13 last year, Planning Minister AK Khandker, who is in charge
of the defence ministry in the parliamentary affairs, told parliament that the
government has moved to purchase two off-the-shelf [readymade] frigates, two
large patrol crafts, two maritime patrol aircrafts and five patrol crafts for
the navy.

In scripted answer to the query, the premier also described her government's
various measures to modernise and strengthen the army and air force.

She said two new army commands and an infantry division, two air defence
brigades, more than one armoured, artillery and engineering battalions and other
necessary supportive units will be added to the army to strengthen the force as
part of implementation of the forces goal-2030.

The forces goal will be implemented in four phases in light of the defence
policy formulated by the then Bangabandhu-led government in 1974, Hasina told
the House.

Besides, she said, the government has moved to purchase fourth generation
MBT-2000 tanks, multi-launcher rocket system, weapon locating radar, automatic
grenade launcher, anti-tank weapon, non-guided anti-tank weapon, anti-tank
guided missiles etc for the army.

“The activities will begin this financial year to buy multiple rocket launch
system, weapon locating radar, ground surveillance radar and aircrafts carrying
soldiers,” said Hasina, who also holds the defence portfolio.

She also mentioned that a process was underway to purchase modern
euro-copter, light fixed-wing aircraft and armoured and anti-air weapons for the
army.

“As part of expansion of the army and its modernisation, efforts are under
way to establish an air defence regiment,” she added.

To modernise the air force under the forces goal-2030, she said her
government has moved to buy air defence radar, fighter planes, air-to-air
missiles, etc.

Hasina also informed the House about some other defence purchases already
done for the armed forces.

www.thedailystar.net

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La marine du Bangladesh a choisi de se renforcer sensiblement avec l’aide de la Chine : elle va ainsi acquérir 2 frégates d’occasion du type Jianghu III chinoises en 2013, alors que deux corvettes du type 056 ont été commandées (la construction de la première a débuté à Wuhan en janvier 2013) ; la Chine va également lui livrer 2 patrouilleurs lance-missiles de 650 t (Durjoy et Nirmul) en 2013 et l’aide à construire 5 patrouilleurs à Khulna (le premier, le Padma, a été mis en service le 24 janvier 2013) et à mettre en place des missiles antinavires C 704 sur les 2 patrouilleurs du type Castle qu’elle a achetés à la Royal Navy en 2010 en même temps que le navire hydrographique Roebuck. L’US Coast Guard va, par ailleurs, transférer au Bangladesh le cotre Jarvis du type Hamilton, qui a été désarmé en décembre 2012 à l’âge 40 ans. Deux sous-marins du type Ming ou Song auraient, de plus, été achetés d’occasion à la marine chinoise.

M&M

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Bangladesh Plans to Buy 24 Russian Jet Trainers

LANGKAWI (Malaysia), March 27 (RIA Novosti) - Bangladesh is planning to buy 24 Yak-130 Mitten jet trainers on $1 billion credit from Russia, Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday.
“Bangladesh has a whole list of arms it wants, but so far that is a state secret. I will reveal one little secret: The purchase of Yak-130 warplanes is a very significant subject of negotiations between Russia and Bangladesh,” Rosoboronexport Deputy Chief Viktor Komardin said at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition (LIMA-2013) that opened in Malaysia on Tuesday.
He added that negotiations on Yak-130s are due to begin later this spring.
Russia granted Bangladesh a $1 billion credit during the Bangladeshi prime minister’s visit to Moscow in January.
Some 20 Russian companies are taking part in LIMA-2013, which has been held since 1991, including top aircraft manufacturers and the state-owned United Industrial Corporation (Oboronprom), which produces helicopters, aircraft engines and air defense systems.
The Yak-130 is a highly maneuverable aircraft with an extended range of about 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) and a maximum speed of 1,060 kilometers per hour (600 miles per hour) in level flight. It can carry a combat payload of up to 3,000 kilograms (6,600 pounds).
The Yak-130 has been chosen as a basic aircraft for Russian Air Force pilot training. First deliveries began in 2009.

Mig-29







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F-7BG







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Bangladesh Air Force Victory Day Parade Rehearsal 2012

Les Mig-29 en Ukraine ... programme d'upgrade au niveau SMT

Mig-29UB ...test flight le 29-04-13


Mig-29S ... test flight le 18-04-13

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Rescuers use heavy equipment to remove steel at the collapse site of Rana Plaza building in Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 29, 2013. Rescuers with cranes and other heavy equipment began removing huge concrete slabs and chunks of debris Monday morning from the collapsed Dhaka building after fire delayed their efforts Sunday night, virtually giving up hope of finding more trapped survivors. (Xinhua/Shariful Islam)

Type 69-IIG

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Bangladesh gets its first Hamilton class cutter

Published By United Press International



DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 30 (UPI) -- Bangladesh received it first decommissioned Hamilton class cutter from the U.S. Coast Guard at a ceremony on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif.

The Coast Guard transferred the 3,300-ton cutter, formerly the USCGC Jarvis, to a 20-member team from the Bangladeshi navy.

The Jarvis -- decommissioned in October and renamed BNS Somudro Joy -- was sold to Bangladesh as an excess defense article through a foreign military sales program, the Bangladeshi news website bdnews24.com reported.

At the ceremony were U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Paul F. Zukunft, Cmdr. Coast Guard Pacific Area and Chief of Naval Staff for the Bangladeshi navy Vice Adm. Muhammad Farid Habib, a report by the Bangladesh military website bdmilitary.com said.

The ship's commanding officer Capt. Mohammad Nazmul Karim arrived in Alameda in March to begin preparations to accept the Jarvis. Another 70 crew members arrived this month.

Around 26 former Jarvis crew members will advise the Bangladeshi crew until Somudro Joy sails for Bangladesh this year.

The 378-foot Somudro Joy, which has a helicopter landing deck and hangar, is powered by two Pratt and Whitney gas turbines and two Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines.

The Bangladeshi navy said the guided missile frigate, now the largest vessel in the fleet, will receive a further refit and upgrades after arriving in Bangladesh, bdmilitary.com reported.

Planned upgrades include boosting the vessel's combat capability with more AShM and SAM launchers.

The Jarvis was built by Avondale Shipyards and commissioned in 1972 and will be replaced by Legend class National Security Cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard.

The Somudro Joy joins the BNS Bangabandhu guided missile frigate built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in the South Korea and commissioned in 2001.

In January, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina commissioned the BNS Padma, the first Bangladeshi-built warship, at the Titumir Naval Base, near Khunla, around 90 miles south of Dhaka.

The 160-foot frigate cost around $7.4 million and has four 37mm and two 20mm cannons, the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha news agency reported.

At the commissioning, Hasina said the navies of China, India and Myanmar are becoming more active in the Bay of Bengal and Bangladesh needs the Padma to protect its coastal waters.

Hasina also said the country is on target to purchase two submarines but didn't say where the vessels would come from.

Activities are going on to purchase two submarines from a friendly country," she told Parliament while replying to a written question on her government's efforts to modernize the navy, army and air force.

www.upiasia.com

tout le monde recoit des hamilton ces jours ci je me demande ce qu´est devenue notre cas EDA

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PARIS: RUAG delivers first Dornier 228 NG to Bangladesh

By:   Dave Majumdar Paris
15 minutes ago
Source: flightglobal

RUAG Aviation is displaying a Dornier 228 New Generation aircraft in the static park. The Swiss company says it has delivered the first of two of the type to the Bangladesh navy. The second unit is scheduled to be delivered at the end of this month.

"We are proud to be able to support the Bangladesh Navy in protecting their coastline and ensuring the safety and security of their seas," says Thomas Imke, regional sales director at RUAG Aviation.

Bangladesh's Dornier 228 NG aircraft will be used for maritime air patrols and rescue missions along that nation's extensive coastline. The aircraft has been fitted with a 360° Telephonics RDR-1700B surveillance radar and operator console as well as HF, VHF/UHF and VHF FM radios. Additionally, the aircraft are equipped with a search-and-rescue (SAR) radio direction finder, six observer seats and two bubble windows.

Bangladesh's Dornier 228 NG also come equipped with a door that can be opened in flight, as well as a marine marker and life raft.

Les derniers J-7BGI à livrer

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Govt plans to get submarines

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the government would buy submarines in future to bolster Bangladesh’s defence capabilities.
She said her government had undertaken short- and long-term plans to turn Bangladesh Navy into an ‘effective force’.

“We will buy submarines in future as part of that process,” she while commissioning three warships and inducting into the Navy's fold two maritime patrol aircraft in Chittagong on Thursday.

Navy Chief Vice Admiral M Farid Habib received Hasina at BAF base Zahurul Haq in Chittagong.

Hasina said her government had initiated moves in 1996 to add an aviation wing to the navy, and a modern frigate, BNS Bangabandhu, capable of handling helicopter flights, was added five years later.

“We have added two maritime helicopters, bought from Italy, to the navy, and today two aircraft from Germany are joining the naval aviation fleet,” she said.

Of the three ships, BN Ship Surma was built in the Khulna Shipyard, while two others - Nirmul and Durjoy - were bought from China. Two maritime Dornier 228NG patrol aircraft were purchased from Germany.

Hasina said the acquisitions were milestones in the government's relentless effort to turn Bangladesh Navy into a modern, strong and capable three- dimensional force.

She said her government’s short- and long-term plans for the navy would be implemented within 2030.

The Prime Minister said Bangladesh had won legal rights over 200 nautical miles of economic zone in the Bay of Bengal from Myanmar, ending a 38-year-old dispute.

She hoped Bangladesh would also emerge victorious in her maritime dispute with India that is expected to be settled next year.

"The world is now focusing on maritime resources as reserves of natural resources on land were being exhausted,” she said, adding that nearly 30 million people in the 720-km maritime area depend on the Bay for a living.

“Our sea abounds in valuable resources," Hasina said, adding 90 percent of goods shipment was done through sea routes.

“So, it is essential to maintain security of the sea areas,” she said.

http://bdnews24.com

La Chine a offert 2 des SM Kilo636 au Bangladesh ... je me demande pourquoi ?
http://bmpd.livejournal.com/616609.html

pour nuire à l'inde je suppose .... et fidéliser ce pays à ses propres intérêts

CARAT Bangladesh 2013

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CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Sep. 16, 2013) - Military members from the U.S. and Bangladesh pose for a group photo during the opening ceremony of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Bangladesh 2013. U.S. Navy units participating in CARAT Bangladesh include the Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 staff, members from Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST) and the diving and salvage vessel USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) with embarked Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste.

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Lt. Cmdr. Brian Weatherup, left, and Lt. Cmdr. Reza Hossain, assigned to the Bangladeshi Navy, observe an Augusta A-109 helicopter conduct helo operations during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Bangladesh 2013.

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Senior Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Alfredo Bitor observes an Augusta A-109 helicopter operated by the Bangladesh Navy conduct helo deck qualifications during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Bangladesh 2013.

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Electrician's Technician 1st Class Anthony Nekervis exchanges best practices during a weapons handling demonstration held in support of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Bangladesh 2013.

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Electrician's Technician 1st Class Anthony Nekervis, assigned to Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST), conducts a weapons handling exchange with Bangladeshi sailors during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Bangladesh 2013.

Fahed64 a écrit:

pour nuire à l'inde je suppose .... et fidéliser ce pays à ses propres intérêts

Les Kilo offerts sont les plus récents Kilo reçus par la Chine ( fin 2005 ), et les seuls Kilo qui ont été construits à Severodvinsk  

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Au moins 150 soldats condamnés à mort pour une mutinerie


La justice du Bangladesh a condamné à mort au moins 150 soldats de la division des Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) qui avaient participé à une mutinerie meurtrière en 2009. Des dizaines d'officiers avaient alors été massacrés.

Quelque 400 autres soldats, sur les 823 jugés lors de ce procès, ont écopé de peines de prison allant jusqu'à quatorze ans, a dit à l'AFP le procureur, Baharul Islam, devant le tribunal à Dacca. L'accusation avait réclamé la peine de mort pour plusieurs des soldats jugés pour meurtres, torture, complots et autres charges.

"Les atrocités étaient telles que même les cadavres n'ont pas été respectés", a déclaré le juge Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman à l'énoncé du verdict, devant une salle comble.
Scènes de chaos

Il a en revanche acquitté 270 accusés, provoquant des scènes de chaos dans le tribunal. Les condamnés ont eux aussi manifesté bruyamment, exprimant leur colère envers le juge.

Les 823 soldats qui ont été jugés sont considérés comme les meneurs de la rébellion. Vingt-trois civils ont eux aussi été jugés, pour participation à un complot.

Outre ce procès civil, des tribunaux militaires ont déjà statué sur le sort de quelque 6000 soldats, accusés eux aussi d'avoir participé à la mutinerie, qui s'était étendue à une quarantaine de postes frontières dans tout le pays.
Critiques de HRW

Ce procès a été critiqué par l'ONG Human Rights Watch (HRW). L'organisation basée à New York a estimé que le nombre d'accusés était bien trop important pour leur garantir un procès équitable.

"Juger des centaines de personnes dans une salle de tribunal géante, avec des accusés qui n'ont quasiment pas accès à un avocat, est un affront aux critères internationaux de la justice", a déclaré le responsable de la branche Asie de l'ONG, Brad Adams.

Des années de frustration

La mutinerie, qui avait démarré le 25 février 2009 et duré une trentaine d'heures, avait éclaté au sein des Bangladesh Rifles, une unité chargée de la surveillance des frontières.

Une enquête a conclu à des années de frustration et de colère de la part des soldats, qui réclamaient en vain des hausses de salaires et une amélioration de leurs conditions de vie.

Les mutins avaient volé 2500 armes avant de faire irruption à une réunion annuelle de hauts responsables des BDR et de les abattre. Au moins 57 officiers avaient été tués et leurs corps mutilés jetés dans les égouts ou des fosses communes.

Au total 74 personnes avaient été tuées, la plupart dans des conditions atroces: torturées, taillées en pièces ou encore brûlées vivantes. Il s'agissait de la plus importante rébellion militaire de l'histoire du pays.  

http://www.romandie.com/news/n/Au_moins_150_soldats_condamnort_pour_une_mutinerie_RP_051120131539-20-416421.asp  

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Army gets new SP guns, Metis M-1 missiles
BSS
On the occasion, a spectacular parade was held with the participation of the members of Artillery and Infantry Regiments of Bangladesh Army




Bangladesh Army entered into a new era as the much-awaited self-propelled (SP) guns and Metis M- 1 anti-tank guided missiles were inducted in the force yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally handed over the Serbia- made 155mm NORA B-52 SP guns to the 11 SP Regiment, the lone SP Unit of Bangladesh Army, and the Russsia-made Metis M-1 missiles to the Infantry Regiment of Bangladesh Army in Tarmac Area at Dhaka Cantonment this morning.

She also handed over the China -made PF-98 anti-tank weapons and Turkey-made light armoured vehicles to the Infantry Regiment and sound ranging equipment to Locating Wing of the Artillery Regiment.

On the occasion, a spectacular parade was held with the participation of the members of Artillery and Infantry Regiments of Bangladesh Army.

The Prime Minister accompanied by Chief of Army Staff General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan inspected the parade riding on an open jeep. The Premier also took a state salute.

Lieutenant Col Md Aminul Islam and Captain Md Sajib were the parade commander and parade adjutant respectively.

Ministers, defence adviser to the Prime Minister, the chief of air staff, defence attaches and advisers of different embassies and high commissions and high civil and military officials were present on the occasion.

Earlier on her arrival at the Tarmac Area , the Prime Minister was received by the chief of army staff.

Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister hoped that with the addition of most-modern canons, armoured vehicles and equipment, the moral strength of the Artillery and Infantry Regiments meaning all members of Bangladesh Army would be boosted to a great extent.

“I think that induction of most modern equipment in Bangladesh Army would cross a crucial step in achieving the Forces Goal-2030,” she said.

Besides, she said, necessary equipment have been purchased for Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force.

Sheikh Hasina said most modern SP guns, sound ranging equipment, anti-tank missiles and light armoured vehicles have been procured for Bangladesh Army to build it as a well-equipped modern force and Sonar Bangla as dreamt by Bangabandhu.

The Prime Minister said agreements have already been signed to buy more modern war equipment including the multiple rocket launcher system which would be inducted in the army very soon.
- See more at: http://www.dhakatribune.com/development/2013/dec/23/army-gets-new-sp-guns-metis-m-1-missiles#sthash.OIgZefCb.dpuf