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Bangladeshi DGFI: A Symbol of Abuse, Corruptions and Impunity

Bangladeshi DGFI: A Symbol of Abuse, Corruptions and Impunity

Established in 1977, under the authoritarian rule of General Ziaur Rahman, it has been modelled after Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) reports directly to Prime Minister of Bangladesh and maintains offices all of the country’s district and sub-districts.

The DGFI is Bangladesh most powerful intelligence agency working…

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Cybersecurity Reference Architecture: Security for a Hybrid Enterprise

Cybersecurity Reference Architecture: Security for a Hybrid Enterprise

The Microsoft cybersecurity reference architecture will be explained by demoing key components, starting with Azure Security Center for a cross platform visibility, protection and threat detection. Then a walk through on how you can secure different Azure services covering Azure Policies, Azure Key Vault, Azure WAF, NSGs, Backup and recovery sites, disk and storage encryption, DDOS attack…

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Configure ADFS Extranet Lockout Protection

Configure ADFS Extranet Lockout Protection

Extranet lockout provides the following key advantages:

It protects your user accounts from brute force attacks where an attacker tries to guess a user’s password by continuously sending authentication requests. In this case, AD FS will lock out the malicious user account for extranet access

It protects your user accounts from malicious account lockout where an attacker wants to lock out a…

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How to Configure Microsoft ADFS with Azure MFA as Primary Authentication

How to Configure Microsoft ADFS with Azure MFA as Primary Authentication

In order to setup Azure MFA as Primary Authentication with AD FS, this does require you to move to Azure MFA (cloud-based version). I have not deployed Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server (on-prem/hybrid version) in a few years for anyone as pretty much everyone I work with has moved on to cloud-based Azure MFA. Feature parity is pretty close to the same at this point and in my opinion, the…

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Replace ADFS and WAP SSL Certificates

Replace ADFS and WAP SSL Certificates

On the ADFS Server:

Import the new SSL certificate in the computers MY“ certificate store.

Run a elevated Powershell to get the thumbprint of the certificate.

cd cert:

cd localmachine

cd my dir

Identify the thumbprint in the output. In my case: 1E8B377DD54B7650612C98E4B8816501B

Switch ADFS service communication certificate to the new SSL certificate with this cmdlet

S…

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Hungarian Air Force Gripen C showcase new capabilities in a NATO Mission

Hungary’s Gripen fighters patrolling the airspace over the Baltic states have been alerted more than 40 times since starting their mission in May, the commander of the unit in charge of the mission said reports Hungary Today

A Hungarian Air Force JAS 39C Gripen, armed with two AIM-120C5 AMRAAMs and two AIM-9L Sidewinders, taxies to its afterburner after a scramble. Source: HuAF

Hungarian…

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Virtual reality (VR) Training of the F-35 Lightning II

Virtual reality (VR) Training of the F-35 Lightning II

VR Landing on Queen Elizabeth Class carrier

Virtual reality (VR) is now reshaping the training environment for Australia’s F-35, enabling improved aircraft familiarisation and task trainingfor Air Force ground crews prior to the widespreadrollout of the fifth-generation platform.

VR for the US Air Force

The USAF reportedthat two new virtual reality F-35 simulators are currently under…

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Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) of Royal Australian Navy

Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) of Royal Australian Navy

Arafura class OPV (Source Luerssen Australia )

Construction of the first of 12 offshore patrol vessels(OPVs) for the Royal Australian Navy begins in November, an undertaking in which early confusion over who will be doing what has over shadowed the capabilities of what will become the Navy’s primary asset for border-protection operations.

The Offshore Patrol Vessels will be named the Arafura…

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In a hypothetical war, If F-35 face-off with Su-57, who would win?

In a hypothetical war, If F-35 face-off with Su-57, who would win?

How do you compare the capability of a blind man (Su-57) with a man with a perfect vision (F-35)? Still, you will find the internet trolls who are dreaming that one day, maybe one day Russian Su-57 may be on par with American F-35 or even beat it in a war. We have seen over and over in operation desert storms and Operation Iraqi Freedom, what is meant by air superiority, PERIOD.

For those who…

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Convert Synced User to In-Cloud User

Convert Synced User to In-Cloud User

Here is the scenario:

Synced ID: Specifies the immutable ID of the federated identity of the user. This should be omitted for users with standard identities.

You have local Active Directory with AAD Connect installed, which sync users and password hash to Office 365. Now you have decided to migrate the authentication from local Active Directory to Office 365 and decommission on-premises Active…

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The Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD): An Antidote to S-400 Triumf (SA-21 Growler)

The Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD): An Antidote to S-400 Triumf (SA-21 Growler)

The MALD-J decoy is the jammer variant of the basic decoy, and the first ever stand-in jammer to enter production. (PRNewsfoto/Raytheon Company)

Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD)

The MALD decoy is a flexible and modular system that has the potential to keep aviators and aircraft out of harm’s way. It’s an expendable air-launched flight vehicle that looks like the U.S. or allied…

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Australian company Codan Radio Communications wins Bangladesh Army's Portable radio deal

Australian company Codan Radio Communications wins Bangladesh Army’s Portable radio deal

IHS Jane’s Defence reported that

Australian company Codan Radio Communications, a division of Codan Limited (ASX:CDA), has won a deal from the Bangladesh Army to supply portable communications devices.

Under the contract, which was announced by the company on 31 October, Codan said the Bangladesh Army has purchased 200 of its Patrol 2110M manpack transceivers, which provide long-range high…

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Sweden's Gripen defeat Russia's Su-35 in a simulated War Game

Sweden’s Gripen defeat Russia’s Su-35 in a simulated War Game

The advanced simulated war game proved that Sweden’s Gripen defeats Russia’s Su-35 almost the same rate as the F-22 Raptor.

Gripen E (Source Saab)

  The simulation shows SwedishGripen E fighter shooting down Russia’s best in class Su-35 fighter jet at almost the same rate that the F-22 does. The Gripen E is estimated to be able to shoot down 1.6 Su-35s for every Gripen E lost, the F-22 is…

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Facts about Saab Gripen E/F: Why is Gripen E deadliest among all 4.5 Gen fighter jet?

Facts about Saab Gripen E/F: Why is Gripen E deadliest among all 4.5 Gen fighter jet?

While complex high-end jet fighters like the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, dominate the headlines when it comes to the global fighter market, not every country needs or even wants a top-of-the-line warplane. There is a sizeable market for lower cost alternatives. It is this market that Sweden’s Saab Gripen E dominates. The Gripen E is a deadly fighter jet that is cheap, easy to…

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Russia’s new “Stealth” Su-57 (T-50 PAK FA) jet exposed as a fraud by IAF, Now Russia just cancelled the production of the Su-57 fighter jet

Russia’s new “Stealth” Su-57 (T-50 PAK FA) jet exposed as a fraud by IAF, Now Russia just cancelled the production of the Su-57 fighter jet

Key Points

Russia announced earlier this month that the Su-57 production has been cancelled.

The jet had some design and production difficulties made it a challenging project with limited export potential.

This move represents a failure of Russia to manage its huge defence budget and breadth of projects and to find buyers of Su-57 as India is heading towards America’s F-35 stealth fighters.

Mosco…

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Raytheon's National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) GBAD

Raytheon’s National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) GBAD

Raytheon’s NASAMS™, in partnership with KONGSBERG, is a medium-range surface-to-air missile system. This operationally proven system provides the air defender with a tailorable, state-of-the-art system that can defeat current and evolving cruise missile threats and a wide range of air breathing threats.

NASAMS is comprised of the Raytheon Sentinel radar, the KONGSBERG Fire Distribution Center,…

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Depend on what you mean by an air force, many small nations have air wings to their militaries but many are not combat aircraft and only have transport, trainers and utility and or unarmed patrol planes. Some people would define the Air Force as a service with combat capabilities. So if looking at the country with the smallest air wing it would be Bangladesh with donated C-130 transport aircraft from the US and the UK, and PT-6 basic trainer as their mainstay aircraft,– recently procured Yak-130 and K-8 trainer which Bangladeshi pilots crashed when they fly.

MiG-29 mothballed at BAF Base Khademul Bashar Dhaka

F-7BGI lay ruined at BAF Base Khademul Bashar Dhaka.

  Bangladesh would be the smallest air force with combat capabilities with eight Mig-29s third generation fixed-wing aircraft that are limited in modern capability,– can carry only short-range A2A missile and free-fall bombs. The most important part of it, Bangladesh Air Force or domestically known as BAF’s aircraft are not ready at any time to be mounted with weapons. BAF’s pilots are also prone to crash aircraft in a clear sky.

Although, BAF’s motto is “Free shall we keep the sky of Bangladesh” but Bangladesh airspace can belong to anyone who wants it. Especially if they come at night because the Bangladesh Air Force doesn’t have the ability to fly at night. By 2018 Bangladesh Air Force became more ineffective, almost all of the BAF’s aircraft couldn’t even fly not because of the aircraft because of the pilots who are bearly trained to fly. The Bangladesh air force does not have the technical sophistication to carry out night sorties and certainly not to repeatedly hit the same target in darkness over a sustained period.

  Cox Bazar dual pupose airport. Bangladesh Air Force deserted the airbase after fancy photo shoot of Yak-130

  During the 2017 stand-off with Myanmar, the Myanmar Air Force was able to fly helicopter and drones over Bangladeshi airspace for more than 72 hours without any reciprocation from Bangladesh Air Force or the Army. Bangladeshi politicians resort to knocking the Chinese doorstep to help them bail out from an embarrassing situation.

  Bangladesh Air Force’s ancient radar station is becoming another mothball in Bogra.

    In the 2017 confrontation with Myanmar (who also under sanctions by the West for ethnic cleansing) launched a series of provocation to Bangladesh with a constant threat to wiping out the vital infrastructure of Bangladesh like the Chittagong Seaport, Chittagong Airport and Cox Bazar airbase, Bangladesh resort to China to intervene and resolve the stand-off. Meanwhile, Bangladesh Air Force wait for politicians sorts out the dispute whilst they stand like a bystander.

The Myanmar Air Force which currently operates thirty-one Mig-29BM,–placed order for six Su-30SME and seventeen JF17 from Pakistan. On the first day of any war, Bangladesh’s primitive airbases which are also used by civilian aeroplanes could have been taken out of the equation if a war broke between Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Bangladesh media reported that BAF’s pilots get something like 20 flight hours a year. And when they do train, fuel reserves for actual flying are so scarce that their primary simulator is their imagination.

Bangladeshi military planner always portraits that Bangladesh Air Force’s detrimental state contributed by geopolitics between India and China. Meanwhile, the record of Bangladesh shows that there has been little effort to modernise the military, primitive military infrastructure, poor management decision and poorly trained pilots contributed to current state. Bangladesh Army and Navy could be under potential threat of extinction by any regional air force while their air cover is away.

That’s a big deal, considering their Army is also a mess and that the only reason Bangladesh maintained a military is to prevent civil unrest and send the semi-professional men and women to UN peacekeeping mission to earn extra few dollars. Historically, Bangladesh’s successes against Pakistan in 1971 because of their patron in India. That was a long time ago.

Bangladesh aircraft are so old, a few of them could have actually been flyable at any War against their main enemy Myanmar, the best this air force could do is create a target-rich environment. The biggest loss would be Bangladesh’s ability to protect Bangladesh vital infrastructure in the Chittagong region as Bangladesh has no meaningful airforce or air defence systems. The only credible air defence system Bangladesh has–is Chinese-made short range ground-based HQ-7 based at the capital city, Dhaka.

Finally, there is a lot of talk about Bangladesh military right now, if the Bangladesh government made an effort to curve corruption in the defence sector and avoid diversion of the $3.45 billion defence budget to military’s commercial project then Bangladesh military maybe well-equipped to fight a war or at least deter violation their sovereignty.

Bangladesh airspace can belong to anyone who wants it Depend on what you mean by an air force, many small nations have air wings to their militaries but many are not combat aircraft and only have transport, trainers and utility and or unarmed patrol planes.