INTEGRATION OF NON-MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES TOWARDS ENHANCED COMMUNICATION FOR BANGLADESH ARMY

Abstract

Communication plays a vital role in disseminating command from military
hierarchy to grass-root levels. Beside conventional military communication
system, a vast communication resources of various organizations are scattered
all-over Bangladesh (BD) like a web.BD Army is yet to develop a fully integrated communication system of its own that can be relied upon during war. As a
resource scare nation, it would be difficult for BD to procure and maintain fullscale
of advanced communication equipment. However, that gap can be bridged
by integrating national communication resources. National communication
resources has a good prospect to be of great value for utilisation by BD Army,
if coordinated and integrated appropriately. Study has been carried out to
examine and explore possibilities and challenges of integrating existing nonmilitary
and commercial resources with military communication system with a
view to enhancing communication capabilities of BD Army. Besides, endeavour
has been also taken to find out credible operational modalities for integration,
which are conducive for uninterrupted, reliable and secured communication. The
study also leads to requirement of policy guideline at both national and army
level. Analyses of major non-military and commercial communication resources
positively indicates the scope for supporting BD Army in regards to enhancing
its communication capability. Integration options has both advantages and
disadvantages, but may be implemented with balanced approach to have the main
or alternative secured communication backbone. Lack of well-articulated policy,
communication security and compatibility issues has been found to be the major
impediments for effective integration, which may be resolved by formulating
correct policy from the highest level of the government in conjunction with
other required actions at functional domain.