Since last year’s coup in Bangladesh, the US government is busy creating an anti-India atmosphere with the help of fundamentalists. This is the reason why for the last few months he has been spewing anger against the North East states of India with the help of Pakistan. Turkey is also trying to take advantage of this and that is why Recep Tayyip Erdogan is now busy in improving relations with India’s neighboring Islamic countries.

Talks going on to purchase attack helicopter and UAV drone

Bangladesh has intensified talks with Turkey regarding attack helicopters and UAV drones, which is a sign of deepening defense partnership between the two countries. Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) has intensified efforts to purchase eight T129 ATAK attack helicopters from Turkey, regarding which Bangladesh Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan met senior officials of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) on Wednesday (January 14).

Meetings held at many levels regarding defense deal

According to North East Eye report, a large TAI delegation arrived in Dhaka on January 13 and has since been in talks with BAF officials involved in the procurement process. This delegation includes senior officials associated with ANKA UAV and ATAK projects. Defense deal has been discussed at different levels in many meetings. An intelligence officer said that along with helicopters, Bangladesh is now considering including long-range UAVs in its weapons.

Features of ANKA series drones

He told, ‘The ANKA series drone manufactured by TAI is part of the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) group. It has been designed for espionage, surveillance and attack missions. It is equipped with special variants like Anka-S with advanced satellite and radar systems, which make naval and army operations more effective. These drones have the ability to stay in the air continuously for about 24 hours.

Strength of ATAK attack helicopter

Bangladesh is planning to buy ATAK attack helicopter soon. It has been jointly developed by AgustaWestland and TAI together with the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLF). The official said, ‘This helicopter has an aluminum airframe, a five-bladed main rotor, a two-bladed tail rotor and wheeled landing gear. It has been designed to operate in hot and challenging climates. The helicopter is fitted with four hardpoints and can carry up to 1,200 kg of weapons.

Bangladesh-turkey defense: The military partnership between Bangladesh and the Turki has now reached co-production and defense industrial construction. Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Executive Chairman Chaudhary Aashiq Mahmood bin Harun’s recent Turki Yatra is an attempt to take this cooperation forward at formal and strategic levels. Chaudhary Aashiq Mahmood bin Harun visited Turk’s state-owned company Makin Way Kimya Andistrcy (MKE) and discussed in detail the topics such as defense technical transfer, joint production, and industrial capacity building.

This is not the first time that Bangladesh has cooperated with MKE. Earlier, Dhaka had bought 18 units of MK Boron 105mm Howitzer and plans to increase 200 units in future. He has proposed to buy many things for this, with Otokar Tulpara Light Tank, which is a light armored war vehicle of Turkis. Apart from this, Bayraktar TB2 Drone, small arms, ammunition, and artillery systems are included.

Mou between Bangladesh-Turkia

According to sources, the two countries are soon to give institutional forms to the Defense Industrial Working Group. The two are beginning to dialogue on the MOU for sharing technology and production agreement between the two. This formal structure will lay the foundation for permanent defense participation. Countless military cooperation between Turki and Bangladesh does not directly challenge the China-Pakistan strategic camp, but the old military ties of Turkas with Pakistan already exist. Bangladesh is also strengthening its military base by taking advantage of the technical capabilities of Turkia.

This is not the first time that Bangladesh has taken a step against India. Even before this, Yunus is busy in increasing its proximity with Pakistan and China. He has given China to Lalmanirhat airbase, it seems as if he is deliberately trying to mess with India.