After the Myanmar army had gathered at the Bangladesh border a few days ago, the border guards of the two countries held a flag meeting and asked Myanmar to withdraw its troops from the Bangladesh border.
Thousands of Rohingya have been stranded on the Zero Line in the border area of the two countries for a long time, and locals say Myanmar's military activity has increased since last Thursday.
However, security analysts in Bangladesh do not see any possibility or fear that the neighboring countries will be involved in two wars.
A full picture of the military strength of the two countries has not been found before. However, the recent list of military forces of 133 countries published by Global Fire Power has an idea of the strength of Bangladesh
port, Bangladesh is well ahead of Myanmar in terms of population but lags behind militarily.
According to the Global Firepower Index 2018, Myanmar ranks 31st in the world in terms of military strength, while Bangladesh ranks 56th.
However, they did not only consider military population, weapons, vehicles, etc. - but also population, geographical location, industry, performance.
Where are the main differences in military power between the two countries?
Number of troops:
According to this index, the total number of regular personnel in the military of Bangladesh is one lakh 60 thousand, while in the army of Myanmar there are four lakh six thousand.
Bangladesh has 85,000 personnel in the reserve force, while Myanmar has 110,000.
Defense budget:
While the defense budget of Bangladesh is 159 crore US dollars, the defense budget of Myanmar is 240 crore US dollars.
Members of the army patrolling Myanmar
Aircraft:
According to this index, Bangladesh has a total of 18 aircraft and Myanmar has 249. Bangladesh has 45 warplanes and Myanmar has 57. There are 45 attack aircraft in Bangladesh and 6 in Myanmar.
Bangladesh has 71 helicopters and Myanmar has 6. Although Bangladesh does not have any attack helicopter, Myanmar has 9.
Military vehicles:
According to the report, the military of Bangladesh has a total of 534 tanks. On the other hand, Myanmar has 592. Bangladesh has 942 armored vehicles and Myanmar has 1356.
Artillery:
Bangladesh has 16 automatic artillery guns and 32 rocket projectors. Myanmar has 106 automatic artillery and the same number of rocket projectors.
Ships:
While Myanmar has 155 naval assets, Bangladesh has 69 such equipment. '
Neither country has an aircraft carrier or destroyer.
Although it is written in this report that there are no submarines of Bangladesh, but a few days ago, Bangladesh bought two submarines.
Bangladesh is ahead in the number of frigates. Although Myanmar has five, Bangladesh has six frigates. Besides, Bangladesh is ahead of Myanmar in terms of mine warfare craft and commercial vessels.
