Defense Update Bangladesh

Bangladesh Armed Forces participated in the EFES-2018 international military exercise organized by the Turkish Military. This time more than 24 countries attended the live fire massive war game. Most of the Muslim countries and other NATO allies included in the combined exercise. Bangladesh Army Paracommando Battalion and Bangladesh Navy SWADS were the participating units. Turkish Navy SAS-SAT helped to form and train Bangladesh Navy special force SWADS. There are very long-history between these two brotherly nation from the Ottoman era.  Turkey recently unequivocally supported Dhaka’s stance on Rohingya issues. Ankara provided financial and other support to Bangladesh to handle huge influx of Rohingya peoples fled from myanmar military’s genocide. According to the sources there are more bilateral military programs going to be help between Bangladesh and Turkey in the coming years.  The form the cooperation between them will be in the military technological sector...

Bangladesh Police has several special operations units which are best in the region. Among them Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) and Special Branch (SB) are doing great jobs to minimize and root out crimes. These forces were formed to help the mainstream Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs). Bangladesh is a vastly populated country and hence security situations changes fast. To maintain peace and stability in the society government established various special opeartions units of Bangladesh Police. Here are a list of those forces.  Special Weapons and Tactics Rapid Action Battalion  Special Security and Protection Battalion Special Branch Crisis Response Team Quick Response Team Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit Anti-terrorist Squad They usually do the jobs under the Home Ministry’s supervision.

Bangladesh Air Force operates a small commando unit called “No. 41 Squadron”. This commando unit was formed to protect country’s air bases, aircrafts and other air force installations and assets.  Besides doing special operations duties members of the No. 41 Squadron can also perform other air force jobs too. In future this unit will grow with a handsome number of members.

Bangladesh Army Para-commando brigade is the prime special operations force of the country. It is an independent brigade, officially formed 4 September 2016. Consists of three Para-Commando battalions, 1st Para-Commando Battalion, 2nd Para-Commando Battalion and 3rd Para-Commando Battalion.  Main duty to deter against any un-conventional security threat to the state. Operational duties includes: Unconventional warfare Counter-insurgency Counter-narcotics Counter-terrorism Covert insertions/extractions Hostage rescue and personnel recovery Raids  Special reconnaissance  Airborne operation  Members of the Bangladesh Army Para-commando brigade are highly trained Spec Ops Force can operate in anywhere in the world. They already conducted various successful missions and assignments against terrorism in home and abroad. This brigade can conduct any combat mission other than war to thwart any aggressor’s invasion. Toughest an...