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March 2016: from editor’s desk

15/3/2016

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Written by Abu Rushd
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As a peace loving country, Bangladesh has always proudly upheld the core value of its foreign policy: ‘Friendship to all malice to none’. All the governments have scrupulously maintained this motto when dealing with every issue, and have endeavored to solve disputes through discussions and not by means of armed forces. But no country in the world, whatever constraints it may have, can sit idle and ignore the core security issues. And as the then Indian Army Chief General K. Sundarji once opined,  ‘To be weak is not virtuous, being prepared is not being provocative’; Bangladesh is no exception to this... ...


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JF 17 Thunder in world market BDJ report

15/3/2016

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Written by BDJ Desk
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​When 1965 war broke out between India and Pakistan, PAF was totally dependent on foreign sources where USA imposed a ban on supplying small parts even. On the other hand, India had an indigenously built fighter- Gnat in its inventory. Today, India could hardly step forward with Tejas- a Light Combat Aircraft- (LCA) which has been in the production and test and trial stages for long two decades. On the contrary, Pakistan already has commissioned its indigenously built multi role fighter jet- JF 17 Thunder which is a joint collaboration with its strategic ally China... ...


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China announces 7.6 percent defense budget rise

15/3/2016

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Written by BDJ Desk
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​BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua)– China on 05 March announced the country's lowest defense budget increase in six years in the wake of rising economic headwinds and last year's massive draw down of service people... ...


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India's deadliest sub is ready for operations

15/3/2016

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Written by Franz-Stefan Gady
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​The Indian Navy’s first indigenously developed ballistic missile nuclear submarine (SSBN), the INS Arihant, could be commissioned as early as next month, according to local media reports.

“It has passed all tests and in many things has surpassed our expectations. Technically the submarine can now be commissioned at any time,” a senior defense official told The Economic Times... ...


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The box office

15/3/2016

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Written by BDJ Desk
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​While the C-5 was turning over its engines, a female crewman gave the G.I.s on board the usual information regarding seat belts, emergency exits, etc... ...

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Towards the Forces Goal 2030 Bangladesh Army

15/3/2016

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Written by Abu Rushd
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​Not only the number of divisions of Bangladesh Army have increased, but procurement of armaments and equipment to equip the new divisions and to modernize the existing force have become a primary concern for the military authority. As per the directives laid down in Forces Goal 2030, Bangladesh Army is trying best to attain its aim... ...


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Various dimensions of Ottoman Harem Sultanate of Women

15/3/2016

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Written by Nazmun Nahar
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​The popular Turkish serial "Magnificent Century or Sultan Suleiman" on the Ottoman Empire, largely during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, in the year 1520 onwards when the Ottoman Empire reached its zenith was an impressive one... ...


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Modern warfare the unblinking eye

15/3/2016

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Written by Hamid Hussain
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​“With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents”. -General Omar Bradley

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) commonly known as drone is the most open secret of modern warfare. UAV is primarily an intelligence platform but use of armed drones for target killing generates heated debate in public... ...


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Syria onset of multi-polarity?

15/3/2016

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Written by Maj Gen GD Bakshi
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1. The recent events in Syria seem to underline the advent of a new multi-polar world order. Bipolar orders are inherently stable. That is why there was little of hot conflict during the stasis of the Cold War. Subsequently the US pressed home its... ...


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Cuba returns to the US 'wrongly shipped' Hellfire missile

15/3/2016

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Written by BDJ Desk
PictureThe Hellfire missile, although inert, contained sensitive technology.Image -Gety Images
​Cuba returned to the United States an inert Hellfire missile that had been wrongly shipped to Havana in June 2014.

The missile, which did not contain explosives, had been shipped to Spain for a Nato training exercise, the Wall Street Journal said... ...


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