Submarines, secret islands and the plot in Bangladesh

Submarine veteran Commodore Anil Jai Singh speaks to Hindol Sengupta about,

- what really happened in Bangladesh,
- ‘submarine diplomacy’ and deepening maritime ties between Bangladesh and China,
- the creation of BNS Sheikh Hasina and India’s concerns in the Bay of Bengal,
- Sheikh Hasina’s allegations about the United States seeking St. Martin’s Island in the Bay of Bengal, and
- what will happen next in this equation?

[LovelyDivingBoard-choq]

Indian hegemony will be challenged by Bangladesh in bay of Bengal

[damiendehorn]

Well here we go again, the lack of any knowledge in india of the Bangladesh Navy. Bangladesh has already stated it's goal of acquiring 6 new build submarines and 6 frigates in the 5, 000 tonnes category under it Forces Goal 2030 plan.

[khandakerrzaman]

Sengupta is an example of how idiotic an anchor can be.

[damiendehorn]

Wonder were this guy got a doctorate, he seems to have very little strategic knowledge with regards to Bangladesh.

[arpitaacs]

China encouraging B'desh to hallucinate on Greater B'desh (annexing WBengal, parts of Jharkhand, Orissa & the NE) & Rakhine in Myanmar in a more Islamist majoritarian state. So they want power independent of India & West. India is incompetent in strategically stretching Chinese forces across Shan & Kachin boundaries without US support. We hv to balance strategic autonomy with anti China counters.