Bangladesh may abandon the acquisition of Russian aircraft in favor of European ones.

According to information published by Analisi Difesa on March 4, 2022, Russia could lose Bangladesh as a customer in the sale of its fighter aircraft. Indeed Bangladesh would be aiming at choosing between the European Eurofighter Typhoon and the French Dassault Rafale.

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Bangladeshi Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter aircraft (Picture source: Bangladesh Air Force)

The Eurofighter Typhoon is a multinational twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter.

It is a highly agile aircraft both at supersonic and at low speeds, achieved through having an intentionally relaxed stability design. It has a quadruplex digital fly-by-wire control system providing artificial stability, as manual operation alone could not compensate for the inherent instability.

The aircraft is fitted with two Eurojet EJ200 engines, each capable of providing up to 60 kN (13,500 lbf) of dry thrust and >90 kN (20,230 lbf) with afterburners.

Using the "war" setting, dry thrust increases by 15% to 69 kN per engine and afterburners by 5% to 95 kN per engine and for a few seconds, up to 102 kN thrust without damaging the engine.

The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation that is equipped with a wide range of weapons.