TY - JOUR AU - Captain A S M Arshadul Abedin, (E), ndc, psc, BN, PY - 2007/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - WARSHIP BUILDING IN BANGLADESH, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS: ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS JF - NDC E-JOURNAL JA - NDC E-JOURNAL VL - 6 IS - 1 SE - DO - UR - https://ndcjournal.ndc.gov.bd/ndcj/index.php/ndcj/article/view/44 SP - 91-111 AB - <p>Most of Bangladesh’s trade being sea borne, the sea is essential for its economic survival. As economic<br>exploitation of land and its resources is nearing saturation, exploitation of the sea is the<br>only option for the future. Warships have become a multipurpose platform, which can ensure surveillance<br>and security in our maritime areas, for both ‘traditional’ and ‘non-traditional’ purposes.<br>Bangladesh Navy (BN) has acquired a good number of warships for operational purposes. So far,<br>warships have been acquired from foreign countries on requirement and availability basis. Most of<br>these are second hand and only a few purpose- built ships have been constructed from abroad. As<br>the days pass, old and disposable ships are also increasing day by day and till-to-date, BN did not<br>pay off any of its ships. Gradually, BN is facing more difficulties in maintaining the age-old ships.<br>As such, endeavor is going on to replace these older warships with the new ones. For replacement<br>of the frigates with a new one, BN has to look for foreign shipbuilders or to other government if<br>considered for a second-hand. But, for the patrol craft or such other smaller platform, BN may<br>consider indigenous shipbuilding. The present situation of indigenous warship building is nothing<br>encouraging. Only a small number of auxiliary ships like tugs, floating cranes etc have been built<br>indigenously. Some steps were taken earlier for indigenous construction of a Large Patrol Craft<br>(LPC) but to no avail. Very limited study has been carried out to date to identify the cause of<br>our inability to build warships indigenously. This study thus attempts to identify the problems and<br>prospect areas of warship construction in Bangladesh; this also puts forward views on whether<br>indigenous warship construction is feasible and cost-effective.</p> ER -